mùch

See also: much, múch, and müch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish múchaid (“covers over, suffocates, quenches, extinguishes”), from múch (“smoke, stifling vapour”).

Verb

mùch (past mhùch, future mùchaidh, verbal noun mùchadh, past participle mùchte)

  1. extinguish (fire)
  2. choke, strangle, suffocate, smother
  3. quell, put down, suppress

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mùchmhùch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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