cimigh

Irish

Etymology

From cime (“captive, prisoner”) +‎ -igh

Verb

cimigh (present analytic cimíonn, future analytic cimeoidh, verbal noun cimiú, past participle cimithe)

(transitive) to commit (to prison); make captive

Conjugation

conjugation of cimigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	cimiú
past participle	cimithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	cimím	cimíonn tú; cimír^†	cimíonn sé, sí	cimímid; cimíonn muid	cimíonn sibh	cimíonn siad; cimíd^†	a chimíonn; a chimíos / a gcimíonn*	cimítear
past	chimigh mé; chimíos	chimigh tú; chimís	chimigh sé, sí	chimíomar; chimigh muid	chimigh sibh; chimíobhair	chimigh siad; chimíodar	a chimigh / ar chimigh*	cimíodh
past habitual	chimínn / gcimínn‡‡	chimíteá / gcimíteá‡‡	chimíodh sé, sí / gcimíodh sé, sí‡‡	chimímis; chimíodh muid / gcimímis‡‡; gcimíodh muid‡‡	chimíodh sibh / gcimíodh sibh‡‡	chimídís; chimíodh siad / gcimídís‡‡; gcimíodh siad‡‡	a chimíodh / a gcimíodh*	chimítí / gcimítí‡‡
future	cimeoidh mé; cimeod; cimeochaidh mé^†	cimeoidh tú; cimeoir^†; cimeochaidh tú^†	cimeoidh sé, sí; cimeochaidh sé, sí^†	cimeoimid; cimeoidh muid; cimeochaimid^†; cimeochaidh muid^†	cimeoidh sibh; cimeochaidh sibh^†	cimeoidh siad; cimeoid^†; cimeochaidh siad^†	a chimeoidh; a chimeos; a chimeochaidh^†; a chimeochas^† / a gcimeoidh; a gcimeochaidh^†	cimeofar; cimeochar^†
conditional	chimeoinn; chimeochainn^† / gcimeoinn‡‡; gcimeochainn^†‡‡	chimeofá; chimeochthá^† / gcimeofá‡‡; gcimeochthá^†‡‡	chimeodh sé, sí; chimeochadh sé, sí^† / gcimeodh sé, sí‡‡; gcimeochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	chimeoimis; chimeodh muid; chimeochaimis^†; chimeochadh muid^† / gcimeoimis‡‡; gcimeodh muid‡‡; gcimeochaimis^†‡‡; gcimeochadh muid^†‡‡	chimeodh sibh; chimeochadh sibh^† / gcimeodh sibh‡‡; gcimeochadh sibh^†‡‡	chimeoidís; chimeodh siad; chimeochadh siad^† / gcimeoidís‡‡; gcimeodh siad‡‡; gcimeochadh siad^†‡‡	a chimeodh; a chimeochadh^† / a gcimeodh; a gcimeochadh^†	chimeofaí; chimeochthaí^† / gcimeofaí‡‡; gcimeochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go gcimí mé; go gcimíod^†	go gcimí tú; go gcimír^†	go gcimí sé, sí	go gcimímid; go gcimí muid	go gcimí sibh	go gcimí siad; go gcimíd^†	—	go gcimítear
past	dá gcimínn	dá gcimíteá	dá gcimíodh sé, sí	dá gcimímis; dá gcimíodh muid	dá gcimíodh sibh	dá gcimídís; dá gcimíodh siad	—	dá gcimítí
imperative
–	cimím	cimigh	cimíodh sé, sí	cimímis	cimígí; cimídh^†	cimídís	—	cimítear

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

Derived terms

cimíocht f (“captivity, bondage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cimigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cimigh	chimigh	gcimigh

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cimigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN