dreoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

dreogh, dreógh, dreóigh (superseded)

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh drewi (“to stink”).

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

Conjugation of *dreoigh* (first conjugation – C)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	dreoim	dreonn tú; dreoir^†	dreonn sé, sí	dreoimid; dreonn muid	dreonn sibh	dreonn siad; dreoid^†	a dhreonn; a dhreos	dreoitear
past	dhreoigh mé; dhreos	dhreoigh tú; dhreois	dhreoigh sé, sí	dhreomar; dhreoigh muid	dhreoigh sibh; dhreobhair	dhreoigh siad; dhreodar	a dhreoigh	dreodh
past habitual	dhreoinn / dreoinn^‡	dhreoiteá / dreoiteá^‡	dhreodh sé, sí / dreodh sé, sí^‡	dhreoimis; dhreodh muid / dreoimis^‡; dreodh muid^‡	dhreodh sibh / dreodh sibh^‡	dhreoidís; dhreodh siad / dreoidís^‡; dreodh siad^‡	a dhreodh	dhreoití / dreoití^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	dreofaidh mé; dreofad	dreofaidh tú; dreofair^†	dreofaidh sé, sí	dreofaimid; dreofaidh muid	dreofaidh sibh	dreofaidh siad; dreofaid^†	a dhreofaidh; a dhreofas	dreofar
conditional	dhreofainn / dreofainn^‡	dhreofá / dreofá^‡	dhreofadh sé, sí / dreofadh sé, sí^‡	dhreofaimis; dhreofadh muid / dreofaimis^‡; dreofadh muid^‡	dhreofadh sibh / dreofadh sibh^‡	dhreofaidís; dhreofadh siad / dreofaidís^‡; dreofadh siad^‡	a dhreofadh	dhreofaí / dreofaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	dreoim	dreoigh	dreodh sé, sí	dreoimis	dreoigí; dreoidh^†	dreoidís	—	dreoitear

past participle	dreoite

verbal noun	dreo

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

dreoiteach
dreoiteacht