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Scottish Gaelic verb

mùch

extinguish (fire); choke, strangle, suffocate, smother

mùch is a Scottish Gaelic verb meaning “extinguish (fire); choke, strangle, suffocate, smother”. Its verbal noun is mùchadh.

Verbal noun: mùchadh

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Past

PersonForm
Formmhùch

Future

PersonForm
Formmùchaidh

Imperative

PersonForm
you (singular)mùch
you (plural)mùchaibh

Past Participle

PersonForm
Formmùchte

mùch in context

Ach bu chòir dhuinn a bhith air ar faiceall nach mùch sinn na tha air fhàgail nàdarrach againn.

But we should be careful not to smother what we still have that is natural.

Related Scottish Gaelic verbs

adhbharaich

cause, occasion

adhlaic

bury, inter

agair

claim, demand; petition

aidich

admit, confess, concede; acknowledge, profess, avow

ainmich

name; mention

aithris

report, relate, recite, allege, repeat; narrate, enunciate, rehearse

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Native language name: Gàidhlig