dreoigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- dreogh, dreógh, dreóigh (superseded)
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoː/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːj/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲɔːj/
Verb
dreoigh (present analytic dreonn, future analytic dreofaidh, verbal noun dreo, past participle dreoite)
- to decay, rot, putrefy
- to wither
Conjugation
First Conjugation (C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | dreoim | dreonn tú; dreoir† | dreonn sé, sí | dreoimid | dreonn sibh | dreonn siad; dreoid† | a dhreonn; a dhreos / a ndreonn*; a ndreos* | dreoitear |
past | dhreoigh mé; dhreos | dhreoigh tú; dhreois | dhreoigh sé, sí | dhreomar; dhreoigh muid | dhreoigh sibh; dhreobhair | dhreoigh siad; dhreodar | a dhreoigh / ar dhreoigh* | dreodh | |
past habitual | dhreoinn / ndreoinn‡‡ | dhreoiteá / ndreoiteᇇ | dhreodh sé, sí / ndreodh sé, s퇇 | dhreoimis; dhreodh muid / ndreoimis‡‡; ndreodh muid‡‡ | dhreodh sibh / ndreodh sibh‡‡ | dhreoidís; dhreodh siad / ndreoidís‡‡; ndreodh siad‡‡ | a dhreodh / a ndreodh* | dhreoití / ndreoit퇇 | |
future | dreofaidh mé; dreofad | dreofaidh tú; dreofair† | dreofaidh sé, sí | dreofaimid; dreofaidh muid | dreofaidh sibh | dreofaidh siad; dreofaid† | a dhreofaidh; a dhreofas / a ndreofaidh*; a ndreofas* | dreofar | |
conditional | dhreofainn / ndreofainn‡‡ | dhreofá / ndreofᇇ | dhreofadh sé, sí / ndreofadh sé, s퇇 | dhreofaimis; dhreofadh muid / ndreofaimis‡‡; ndreofadh muid‡‡ | dhreofadh sibh / ndreofadh sibh‡‡ | dhreofaidís; dhreofadh siad / ndreofaidís‡‡; ndreofadh siad‡‡ | a dhreofadh / a ndreofadh* | dhreofaí / ndreofa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go ndreo mé; go ndreod† | go ndreo tú; go ndreoir† | go ndreo sé, sí | go ndreoimid; go ndreo muid | go ndreo sibh | go ndreo siad; go ndreoid† | — | go ndreoitear |
past | dá ndreoinn | dá ndreoiteá | dá ndreodh sé, sí | dá ndreoimis; dá ndreodh muid | dá ndreodh sibh | dá ndreoidís; dá ndreodh siad | — | dá ndreoití | |
imperative | dreoim | dreoigh | dreodh sé, sí | dreoimis | dreoigí; dreoidh† | dreoidís | — | dreoitear | |
verbal noun | dreo | ||||||||
past participle | dreoite |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- dreoiteach
- dreoiteacht
Further reading
- “dreoigh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “dreoġaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 260.
- "dreoigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.