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

• (choke): tachd
• (quell): ceannsaich, srian

Derived terms

• gille-mùchain (“chimney sweep”)

Mutation

Mutation of mùch

radical	lenition
mùch	mhùch

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