cimigh

Irish

Etymology

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

Verb

cimigh (present analytic cimíonn, future analytic cimeoidh, verbal noun cimiú, past participle cimithe)

(transitive) to commit (to prison); make captive

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cimigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	cimím	cimíonn tú; cimír^†	cimíonn sé, sí	cimímid; cimíonn muid	cimíonn sibh	cimíonn siad; cimíd^†	a chimíonn; a chimíos	cimítear
past	chimigh mé; chimíos	chimigh tú; chimís	chimigh sé, sí	chimíomar; chimigh muid	chimigh sibh; chimíobhair	chimigh siad; chimíodar	a chimigh	cimíodh
past habitual	chimínn / cimínn^‡	chimíteá / cimíteá^‡	chimíodh sé, sí / cimíodh sé, sí^‡	chimímis; chimíodh muid / cimímis^‡; cimíodh muid^‡	chimíodh sibh / cimíodh sibh^‡	chimídís; chimíodh / cimídís^‡; cimíodh siad^‡	a chimíodh	chimítí / cimítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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^†	cimeofar; cimeochar^†
conditional	chimeoinn; chimeochainn^† / cimeoinn^‡; cimeochainn^†^‡	chimeofá; chimeochthá^† / cimeofá^‡; cimeochthá^†^‡	chimeodh sé, sí; chimeochadh sé, sí^† / cimeodh sé, sí^‡; cimeochadh sé, sí^†^‡	chimeoimis; chimeodh muid; chimeochaimis^†; chimeochadh muid^† / cimeoimis^‡; cimeodh muid^‡; cimeochaimis^†^‡; cimeochadh muid^†^‡	chimeodh sibh; chimeochadh sibh^† / cimeodh sibh^‡; cimeochadh sibh^†^‡	chimeoidís; chimeodh siad; chimeochaidís^†; chimeochadh siad^† / cimeoidís^‡; cimeodh siad^‡; cimeochaidís^†^‡; cimeochadh siad^†^‡	a chimeodh; a chimeochadh^†	chimeofaí; chimeochthaí^† / cimeofaí^‡; cimeochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	cimím	cimigh	cimíodh sé, sí	cimímis	cimígí; cimídh^†	cimídís	—	cimítear

past participle	cimithe

verbal noun	cimiú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

cimíocht f (“captivity, bondage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cimigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cimigh	chimigh	gcimigh

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

References

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