imich
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish immthigid, a form of Old Irish imm·téit (“go around, go away”), from imm (“around”) + téit (“goes”).
Verb
imich (past dh'imich, future imichidh, verbal noun imeachd, past participle imichte)
- go, depart
- walk
- stir, budge
- advance
- come
- operate (as a purgative medicine)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imich | n-imich | h-imich | t-imich |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “imich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imm·téit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language