breoigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- breodh, breodhuigh (superseded)
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish breóïd (“to burn”).
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite) (ambitransitive)
- to glow
Etymology 2
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite)
- (ambitransitive) alternative form of dreoigh (“to rot, decay”)
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | breoim | breonn tú; breoir† |
breonn sé, sí | breoimid; breonn muid | breonn sibh | breonn siad; breoid† |
a bhreonn; a bhreos | breoitear |
| past | bhreoigh mé; bhreos | bhreoigh tú; bhreois |
bhreoigh sé, sí | bhreomar; bhreoigh muid | bhreoigh sibh; bhreobhair | bhreoigh siad; bhreodar | a bhreoigh | breodh |
| past habitual | bhreoinn / breoinn‡ |
bhreoiteá / breoiteᇠ|
bhreodh sé, sí / breodh sé, sí‡ |
bhreoimis; bhreodh muid / breoimis‡; breodh muid‡ |
bhreodh sibh / breodh sibh‡ |
bhreoidís; bhreodh siad / breoidís‡; breodh siad‡ |
a bhreodh | bhreoití / breoití‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | breofaidh mé; breofad |
breofaidh tú; breofair† |
breofaidh sé, sí | breofaimid; breofaidh muid |
breofaidh sibh | breofaidh siad; breofaid† |
a bhreofaidh; a bhreofas | breofar |
| conditional | bhreofainn / breofainn‡ |
bhreofá / breofᇠ|
bhreofadh sé, sí / breofadh sé, sí‡ |
bhreofaimis; bhreofadh muid / breofaimis‡; breofadh muid‡ |
bhreofadh sibh / breofadh sibh‡ |
bhreofaidís; bhreofadh siad / breofaidís‡; breofadh siad‡ |
a bhreofadh | bhreofaí / breofaí‡ |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| 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 | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | breoim | breoigh | breodh sé, sí | breoimis | breoigí; breoidh† |
breoidís | — | breoitear |
| past participle | breoite | |||||||
| verbal noun | breo | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| breoigh | bhreoigh | mbreoigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “breoigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “breoigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026