# cimigh
## Irish
### Etymology

From cime (“captive, prisoner”) +‎ -igh

### Verb

cimigh (present analytic cimíonn, future analytic cimeoidh, verbal noun cimiú, past participle cimithe)
* (transitive) commit (to prison); make captive

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | cimím | cimíonn tú; cimír$^†$ | cimíonn sé, sí | cimímid; cimíonn muid | cimíonn sibh | cimíonn siad; cimíd$^†$ | a chimíonn; a chimíos / a gcimíonn* | cimítear |
| indicative | past | chimigh mé; chimíos | chimigh tú; chimís | chimigh sé, sí | chimíomar; chimigh muid | chimigh sibh; chimíobhair | chimigh siad; chimíodar | a chimigh / ar chimigh* | cimíodh |
| indicative | past habitual | chimínn / gcimínn‡‡ | chimíteá / gcimíteá‡‡ | chimíodh sé, sí / gcimíodh sé, sí‡‡ | chimímis; chimíodh muid / gcimímis‡‡; gcimíodh muid‡‡ | chimíodh sibh / gcimíodh sibh‡‡ | chimídís; chimíodh siad / gcimídís‡‡; gcimíodh siad‡‡ | a chimíodh / a gcimíodh* | chimítí / gcimítí‡‡ |
| future | future | cimeoidh mé; cimeod; cimeochaidh mé$^†$ | cimeoidh tú; cimeoir$^†$; cimeochaidh tú$^†$ | cimeoidh sé, sí; cimeochaidh sé, sí$^†$ | cimeoimid; cimeoidh muid; cimeochaimid$^†$; cimeochaidh muid$^†$ | cimeoidh sibh; cimeochaidh sibh$^†$ | cimeoidh siad; cimeoid$^†$; cimeochaidh siad$^†$ | a chimeoidh; a chimeos; a chimeochaidh$^†$; a chimeochas$^†$ / a gcimeoidh*; a gcimeochaidh*$^†$ | cimeofar; cimeochar$^†$ |
| conditional | conditional | chimeoinn; chimeochainn$^†$ / gcimeoinn‡‡; gcimeochainn$^†$‡‡ | chimeofá; chimeochthá$^†$ / gcimeofá‡‡; gcimeochthá$^†$‡‡ | chimeodh sé, sí; chimeochadh sé, sí$^†$ / gcimeodh sé, sí‡‡; gcimeochadh sé, sí$^†$‡‡ | chimeoimis; chimeodh muid; chimeochaimis$^†$; chimeochadh muid$^†$ / gcimeoimis‡‡; gcimeodh muid‡‡; gcimeochaimis$^†$‡‡; gcimeochadh muid$^†$‡‡ | chimeodh sibh; chimeochadh sibh$^†$ / gcimeodh sibh‡‡; gcimeochadh sibh$^†$‡‡ | chimeoidís; chimeodh siad; chimeochadh siad$^†$ / gcimeoidís‡‡; gcimeodh siad‡‡; gcimeochadh siad$^†$‡‡ | a chimeodh; a chimeochadh$^†$ / a gcimeodh*; a gcimeochadh*$^†$ | chimeofaí; chimeochthaí$^†$ / gcimeofaí‡‡; gcimeochthaí$^†$‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcimí mé; go gcimíod$^†$ | go gcimí tú; go gcimír$^†$ | go gcimí sé, sí | go gcimímid; go gcimí muid | go gcimí sibh | go gcimí siad; go gcimíd$^†$ | — | go gcimítear |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcimínn | dá gcimíteá | dá gcimíodh sé, sí | dá gcimímis; dá gcimíodh muid | dá gcimíodh sibh | dá gcimídís; dá gcimíodh siad | — | dá gcimítí |
| imperative | imperative | cimím | cimigh | cimíodh sé, sí | cimímis | cimígí; cimídh$^†$ | cimídís | — | cimítear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú | cimiú |
| past participle | past participle | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe | cimithe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* cimíocht f (“captivity, bondage”)

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cimigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN