mothaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

mothuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish mothaigid (“be amazed”), from moth (“amazement”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoihi/, /ˈmˠaihi/ (as if spelled maithigh)^[2]

Verb

mothaigh (present analytic mothaíonn, future analytic mothóidh, verbal noun mothú, past participle mothaithe)

to feel (sense by touch, experience an emotion or other mental state about), perceive
Synonyms: airigh, braith

Conjugation

conjugation of mothaigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	mothú
past participle	mothaithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	mothaím	mothaíonn tú; mothaír^†	mothaíonn sé, sí	mothaímid; mothaíonn muid	mothaíonn sibh	mothaíonn siad; mothaíd^†	a mhothaíonn; a mhothaíos / a mothaíonn*	mothaítear
past	mhothaigh mé; mhothaíos	mhothaigh tú; mhothaís	mhothaigh sé, sí	mhothaíomar; mhothaigh muid	mhothaigh sibh; mhothaíobhair	mhothaigh siad; mhothaíodar	a mhothaigh / ar mhothaigh*	mothaíodh
past habitual	mhothaínn / mothaínn‡‡	mhothaíteá / mothaíteá‡‡	mhothaíodh sé, sí / mothaíodh sé, sí‡‡	mhothaímis; mhothaíodh muid / mothaímis‡‡; mothaíodh muid‡‡	mhothaíodh sibh / mothaíodh sibh‡‡	mhothaídís; mhothaíodh siad / mothaídís‡‡; mothaíodh siad‡‡	a mhothaíodh / a mothaíodh*	mhothaítí / mothaítí‡‡
future	mothóidh mé; mothód; mothóchaidh mé^†	mothóidh tú; mothóir^†; mothóchaidh tú^†	mothóidh sé, sí; mothóchaidh sé, sí^†	mothóimid; mothóidh muid; mothóchaimid^†; mothóchaidh muid^†	mothóidh sibh; mothóchaidh sibh^†	mothóidh siad; mothóid^†; mothóchaidh siad^†	a mhothóidh; a mhothós; a mhothóchaidh^†; a mhothóchas^† / a mothóidh; a mothóchaidh^†	mothófar; mothóchar^†
conditional	mhothóinn; mhothóchainn^† / mothóinn‡‡; mothóchainn^†‡‡	mhothófá; mhothóchthá^† / mothófá‡‡; mothóchthá^†‡‡	mhothódh sé, sí; mhothóchadh sé, sí^† / mothódh sé, sí‡‡; mothóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	mhothóimis; mhothódh muid; mhothóchaimis^†; mhothóchadh muid^† / mothóimis‡‡; mothódh muid‡‡; mothóchaimis^†‡‡; mothóchadh muid^†‡‡	mhothódh sibh; mhothóchadh sibh^† / mothódh sibh‡‡; mothóchadh sibh^†‡‡	mhothóidís; mhothódh siad; mhothóchadh siad^† / mothóidís‡‡; mothódh siad‡‡; mothóchadh siad^†‡‡	a mhothódh; a mhothóchadh^† / a mothódh; a mothóchadh^†	mhothófaí; mhothóchthaí^† / mothófaí‡‡; mothóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go mothaí mé; go mothaíod^†	go mothaí tú; go mothaír^†	go mothaí sé, sí	go mothaímid; go mothaí muid	go mothaí sibh	go mothaí siad; go mothaíd^†	—	go mothaítear
past	dá mothaínn	dá mothaíteá	dá mothaíodh sé, sí	dá mothaímis; dá mothaíodh muid	dá mothaíodh sibh	dá mothaídís; dá mothaíodh siad	—	dá mothaítí
imperative
–	mothaím	mothaigh	mothaíodh sé, sí	mothaímis	mothaígí; mothaídh^†	mothaídís	—	mothaítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative verbal noun: motháil

Derived terms

mothaigh ó (“to miss”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mothaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
mothaigh	mhothaigh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mothaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14