múch

See also: much, mùch, and müch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish múchaid (to cover over, press down, suffocate, quench), from múch (smoke, stifling vapour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠuːx/

Verb

múch (present analytic múchann, future analytic múchfaidh, verbal noun múchadh, past participle múchta)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • múchtach (smothering, adjective)
  • múchtóir (extinguisher)

Mutation

Mutated forms of múch
radical lenition eclipsis
múch mhúch not applicable

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muːx]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *muk-. Perhaps related to múich (gloom, sadness).

Noun

múch f (genitive múiche)

  1. smoke, vapor
Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative múchL
vocative múchL
accusative múichN
genitive múicheH
dative múichL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • múchaid (to suffocate, extinguish)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

múch

  1. second-person singular imperative of múchaid

Verb

·múch

  1. inflection of múchaid:
    1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct

Mutation

Mutation of múch
radical lenition nasalization
múch
also mmúch in h-prothesis environments
múch
pronounced with /β̃-/
múch
also mmúch

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

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːx/

Noun

múch

  1. genitive plural of mucha