mùch

See also: much, múch, and müch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish múchaid (“covers over, suffocates, quenches, extinguishes”), from múch (“smoke, stifling vapour”).

Verb

mùch (past mhùch, future mùchaidh, verbal noun mùchadh, past participle mùchte)

  1. extinguish (fire)
  2. choke, strangle, suffocate, smother
  3. quell, put down, suppress

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of mùch
radical lenition
mùch mhùch

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

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