imigh

Irish

Alternative forms

imthigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish imm·téit (“go around, go away”)[1], from imm- (“around”) + téit (“goes”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲɪɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲi/[2]

Verb

imigh (present analytic imíonn, future analytic imeoidh, verbal noun imeacht, past participle imithe)

(intransitive) to go
to leave, depart, go away
to go on
to go off, start off
to get away, escape
to move
to pass (of time, etc.)
to be lost
to die away

Conjugation

conjugation of imigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	imím	imíonn tú; imír^†	imíonn sé, sí	imímid; imíonn muid	imíonn sibh	imíonn siad; imíd^†	a imíonn; a imíos / a n-imíonn; a n-imíos	imítear
	past	d'imigh mé; d'imíos / Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) mé‡; imíos‡	d'imigh tú; d'imís / Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) tú‡; imís‡	d'imigh sé, sí / Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) sé, sí‡	d'imíomar; d'imigh muid / imíomar‡; Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) muid‡	d'imigh sibh; d'imíobhair / Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) sibh‡; imíobhair‡	d'imigh siad; d'imíodar / Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) siad‡; imíodar‡	a d'imigh / ar Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)*	imíodh; himíodh^†
	past habitual	d'imínn / imínn‡; n-imínn‡‡	d'imíteá / imíteá‡; n-imíteá‡‡	d'imíodh sé, sí / imíodh sé, sí‡; n-imíodh sé, sí‡‡	d'imímis; d'imíodh muid / imímis‡; imíodh muid‡; n-imímis‡‡; n-imíodh muid‡‡	d'imíodh sibh / imíodh sibh‡; n-imíodh sibh‡‡	d'imídís; d'imíodh siad / imídís; imíodh siad‡; n-imídís‡‡; n-imíodh siad‡‡	a d'imíodh / a n-imíodh*	d'imítí / imítí‡; n-imítí‡‡
future		imeoidh mé; imeod; imeochaidh mé^†	imeoidh tú; imeoir^†; imeochaidh tú^†	imeoidh sé, sí; imeochaidh sé, sí^†	imeoimid; imeoidh muid; imeochaimid^†; imeochaidh muid^†	imeoidh sibh; imeochaidh sibh^†	imeoidh siad; imeoid^†; imeochaidh siad^†	a imeoidh; a imeos; a imeochaidh^†; a imeochas^† / a n-imeoidh; a n-imeos; a n-imeochaidh^†; a n-imeochas^†	imeofar; imeochar^†
conditional		d'imeoinn; d'imeochainn^† / imeoinn‡; imeochainn^†‡; n-imeoinn‡‡; n-imeochainn^†‡‡	d'imeofá; d'imeochthá^† / imeofá‡; imeochthá^†‡; n-imeofá‡‡; n-imeochthá^†‡‡	d'imeodh sé, sí; d'imeochadh sé, sí^† / imeodh sé, sí‡; imeochadh sé, sí^†‡; n-imeodh sé, sí‡‡; n-imeochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	d'imeoimis; d'imeodh muid; d'imeochaimis^†; d'imeochadh muid^† / imeoimis‡; imeodh muid‡; imeochaimis^†‡; imeochadh muid^†‡; n-imeoimis‡‡; n-imeodh muid‡‡; n-imeochaimis^†‡‡; n-imeochadh muid^†‡‡	d'imeodh sibh; d'imeochadh sibh^† / imeodh sibh‡; imeochadh sibh^†‡; n-imeodh sibh‡‡; n-imeochadh sibh^†‡‡	d'imeoidís; d'imeodh siad; d'imeochadh siad^† / imeoidís‡; imeodh siad‡; imeochadh siad^†‡; n-imeoidís‡‡; n-imeodh siad‡‡; n-imeochadh siad^†‡‡	a d'imeodh; a d'imeochadh^† / a n-imeodh; a n-imeochadh^†	d'imeofaí; d'imeochthaí^† / imeofaí‡; imeochthaí^†‡; n-imeofaí‡‡; n-imeochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go n-imí mé; go n-imíod^†	go n-imí tú; go n-imír^†	go n-imí sé, sí	go n-imímid; go n-imí muid	go n-imí sibh	go n-imí siad; go n-imíd^†	—	go n-imítear
subjunctive	past	dá n-imínn	dá n-imíteá	dá n-imíodh sé, sí	dá n-imímis; dá n-imíodh muid	dá n-imíodh sibh	dá n-imídís; dá n-imíodh siad	—	dá n-imítí
imperative		imím	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	imíodh sé, sí	imímis	imígí; imídh^†	imídís	—	imítear
verbal noun		imeacht
past participle		imithe

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

Derived terms

imigh ar (“become of”)
imigh as (“fade away”)
imigh de (“depart from”)
imigh le (“go away with”)
imigh ó (“go away from, leave”)
imigh sall (“pass away, pass on”)

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imm-tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101