breoigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- breodh, breodhuigh (superseded)
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish breóïd (“burns”, verb).
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite) (transitive, intransitive)
- glow
- heat
- sear; sicken
- weaken
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of dreoigh (“decompose, decay”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | breoim | breonn tú; breoir† | breonn sé, sí | breoimid | breonn sibh | breonn siad; breoid† | a bhreonn; a bhreos / a mbreonn*; a mbreos* | breoitear |
past | bhreoigh mé; bhreos | bhreoigh tú; bhreois | bhreoigh sé, sí | bhreomar; bhreoigh muid | bhreoigh sibh; bhreobhair | bhreoigh siad; bhreodar | a bhreoigh / ar bhreoigh* | breodh | |
past habitual | bhreoinn / mbreoinn‡‡ | bhreoiteá / mbreoiteᇇ | bhreodh sé, sí / mbreodh sé, s퇇 | bhreoimis; bhreodh muid / mbreoimis‡‡; mbreodh muid‡‡ | bhreodh sibh / mbreodh sibh‡‡ | bhreoidís; bhreodh siad / mbreoidís‡‡; mbreodh siad‡‡ | a bhreodh / a mbreodh* | bhreoití / mbreoit퇇 | |
future | breofaidh mé; breofad | breofaidh tú; breofair† | breofaidh sé, sí | breofaimid; breofaidh muid | breofaidh sibh | breofaidh siad; breofaid† | a bhreofaidh; a bhreofas / a mbreofaidh*; a mbreofas* | breofar | |
conditional | bhreofainn / mbreofainn‡‡ | bhreofá / mbreofᇇ | bhreofadh sé, sí / mbreofadh sé, s퇇 | bhreofaimis; bhreofadh muid / mbreofaimis‡‡; mbreofadh muid‡‡ | bhreofadh sibh / mbreofadh sibh‡‡ | bhreofaidís; bhreofadh siad / mbreofaidís‡‡; mbreofadh siad‡‡ | a bhreofadh / a mbreofadh* | bhreofaí / mbreofa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go mbreo mé; go mbreod† | go mbreo tú; go mbreoir† | go mbreo sé, sí | go mbreoimid; go mbreo muid | go mbreo sibh | go mbreo siad; go mbreoid† | — | go mbreoitear |
past | dá mbreoinn | dá mbreoiteá | dá mbreodh sé, sí | dá mbreoimis; dá mbreodh muid | dá mbreodh sibh | dá mbreoidís; dá mbreodh siad | — | dá mbreoití | |
imperative | breoim | breoigh | breodh sé, sí | breoimis | breoigí; breoidh† | breoidís | — | breoitear | |
verbal noun | breo | ||||||||
past participle | breoite |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breoigh | bhreoigh | mbreoigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breó(a)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “breoḋaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
- Entries containing “breoigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breoigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.