múchadh
See also: mùchadh
Irish
    
    Etymology 1
    
From múch (“smother; extinguish”) + -adh (compare Scottish Gaelic mùchadh, Manx mooghey).
Pronunciation
    
Noun
    
múchadh m (genitive singular múchta)
- verbal noun of múch
- smothering, suffocation
- quenching, extinguishment
- obliteration, obscurement
- (pathology) asthma
Declension
    
Declension of múchadh
Irregular
| Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 
 | Forms with the definite article 
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Synonyms
    
- (asthma): asma m, plúchadh m
Derived terms
    
- múchadh dóiteáin (“fire-fighting”)
- múchadh na gríosaí (“quenching of embers; heavy beating”)
- múchadh tarta (“quenching of thirst; a drink to quench thirst”)
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
    
Etymology 3
    
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
    
Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| múchadh | mhúchadh | not applicable | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
    
- "múchadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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