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- breodh, breodhuigh (superseded)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
conjugation of breoigh (first conjugation – C)
| verbal noun | breo | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | breoite | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| 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* |
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* |
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 |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
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, 2013–2025