# múch
## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mˠuːx/

### Verb

múch (present analytic múchann, future analytic múchfaidh, verbal noun múchadh, past participle múchta)
* to extinguish, quench (fire)
* to choke, strangle, suffocate, smother
* to quell, put down, suppress

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | múchaim | múchann tú; múchair$^†$ | múchann sé, sí | múchaimid | múchann sibh | múchann siad; múchaid$^†$ | a mhúchann; a mhúchas / a múchann* | múchtar |
| indicative | past | mhúch mé; mhúchas | mhúch tú; mhúchais | mhúch sé, sí | mhúchamar; mhúch muid | mhúch sibh; mhúchabhair | mhúch siad; mhúchadar | a mhúch / ar mhúch* | múchadh |
| indicative | past habitual | mhúchainn / múchainn‡‡ | mhúchtá / múchtá‡‡ | mhúchadh sé, sí / múchadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhúchaimis; mhúchadh muid / múchaimis‡‡; múchadh muid‡‡ | mhúchadh sibh / múchadh sibh‡‡ | mhúchaidís; mhúchadh siad / múchaidís‡‡; múchadh siad‡‡ | a mhúchadh / a múchadh* | mhúchtaí / múchtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | múchfaidh mé; múchfad | múchfaidh tú; múchfair$^†$ | múchfaidh sé, sí | múchfaimid; múchfaidh muid | múchfaidh sibh | múchfaidh siad; múchfaid$^†$ | a mhúchfaidh; a mhúchfas / a múchfaidh* | múchfar |
| conditional | conditional | mhúchfainn / múchfainn‡‡ | mhúchfá / múchfá‡‡ | mhúchfadh sé, sí / múchfadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhúchfaimis; mhúchfadh muid / múchfaimis‡‡; múchfadh muid‡‡ | mhúchfadh sibh / múchfadh sibh‡‡ | mhúchfaidís; mhúchfadh siad / múchfaidís‡‡; múchfadh siad‡‡ | a mhúchfadh / a múchfadh* | mhúchfaí / múchfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go múcha mé; go múchad$^†$ | go múcha tú; go múchair$^†$ | go múcha sé, sí | go múchaimid; go múcha muid | go múcha sibh | go múcha siad; go múchaid$^†$ | — | go múchtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá múchainn | dá múchtá | dá múchadh sé, sí | dá múchaimis; dá múchadh muid | dá múchadh sibh | dá múchaidís; dá múchadh siad | — | dá múchtaí |
| imperative | imperative | múchaim | múch | múchadh sé, sí | múchaimis | múchaigí; múchaidh$^†$ | múchaidís | — | múchtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh | múchadh |
| past participle | past participle | múchta | múchta | múchta | múchta | múchta | múchta | múchta | múchta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* múchtach (“smothering”, adjective)
* múchtóir (“extinguisher”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “múchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “múch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Etymology

Perhaps related to múich (“gloom, sadness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muːx]

### Noun

múch f (genitive múiche)
* smoke, vapor

#### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Derived terms

* múchaid (“to suffocate, extinguish”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

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

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːx/

### Noun

múch
* genitive plural of mucha