mothaich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mothaigid (be amazed), from moth (amazement).[1] Cognates include Irish mothaigh.

Verb

mothaich (past mhothaich, future mothaichidh, verbal noun mothachadh, past participle mothaichte)

  1. feel, experience, be conscious of
  2. perceive, observe, notice

Usage notes

  • Used with the preposition do:
    Mhothaich mi do rud annasach.I noticed an unusual thing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mothaich (regular)
stem mothaich
verbal noun mothachadh
past participle mothaichte
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past mhothaich mi mhothaich thu mhothaich e/i mhothaich sinn mhothaich sibh mhothaich iad mhothaicheadh
future mothaichidh mi mothaichidh tu mothaichidh e/i mothaichidh sinn mothaichidh sibh mothaichidh iad mothaichear
mothaichtear
conditional mhothaichinn mhothaicheadh tu mhothaicheadh e/i mhothaicheamaid
mhothaicheadh sinn
mhothaicheadh sibh mhothaicheadh iad mhothaichteadh
mhothaichist1
mhothaichiste1
negative past cha do mhothaich mi cha do mhothaich thu cha do mhothaich e/i cha do mhothaich sinn cha do mhothaich sibh cha do mhothaich iad cha do mhothaicheadh
future cha mhothaich mi cha mhothaich thu cha mhothaich e/i cha mhothaich sinn cha mhothaich sibh cha mhothaich iad cha mhothaichear
cha mhothaichtear
conditional cha mhothaichinn cha mhothaicheadh tu cha mhothaicheadh e/i cha mhothaicheamaid
cha mhothaicheadh sinn
cha mhothaicheadh sibh cha mhothaicheadh iad cha mhothaichteadh
cha mhothaichist1
cha mhothaichiste1
affirmative
interrogative
past an do mhothaich mi? an do mhothaich thu? an do mhothaich e/i? an do mhothaich sinn? an do mhothaich sibh? an do mhothaich iad? an do mhothaicheadh?
future am mothaich mi? am mothaich thu? am mothaich e/i? am mothaich sinn? am mothaich sibh? am mothaich iad? am mothaichear?
am mothaichtear?
conditional am mothaichinn? am mothaicheadh tu? am mothaicheadh e/i? am mothaicheamaid?
am mothaicheadh sinn?
am mothaicheadh sibh? am mothaicheadh iad? am mothaichteadh?
am mothaichist?1
am mothaichiste?1
negative
interrogative
past nach do mhothaich mi? nach do mhothaich thu? nach do mhothaich e/i? nach do mhothaich sinn? nach do mhothaich sibh? nach do mhothaich iad? nach do mhothaicheadh?
future nach mothaich mi? nach mothaich thu? nach mothaich e/i? nach mothaich sinn? nach mothaich sibh? nach mothaich iad? nach mothaichear?
nach mothaichtear?
conditional nach mothaichinn? nach mothaicheadh tu? nach mothaicheadh e/i? nach mothaicheamaid?
nach mothaicheadh sinn?
nach mothaicheadh sibh? nach mothaicheadh iad? nach mothaichteadh?
nach mothaichist?1
nach mothaichiste?1
relative
future
affirmative (ma) mhothaicheas mi (ma) mhothaicheas thu (ma) mhothaicheas e/i (ma) mhothaicheas sinn (ma) mhothaicheas sibh (ma) mhothaicheas iad (ma) mhothaichear
negative (mur) mothaich mi (mur) mothaich thu (mur) mothaich e/i (mur) mothaich sinn (mur) mothaich sibh (mur) mothaich iad (mur) mothaichear
(mur) mothaichtear
imperative mothaicheam mothaich mothaicheadh e/i mothaicheamaid mothaichibh mothaicheadh iad mothaichear
mothaichtear

1 Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of mothaich
radical lenition
mothaich mhothaich

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mothaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language