breoite

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Technically a past participle of breoigh (“to sicken”); from Middle Irish breóite, past participle of breóïd (“to weaken, crush”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

breoite

  1. sick, ill

Declension

Declension of breoite
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative breoite bhreoite breoite;
bhreoite2
vocative bhreoite breoite
genitive breoite breoite breoite
dative breoite;
bhreoite1 		bhreoite breoite;
bhreoite2
Comparative níos breoite
Superlative is breoite

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Participle

breoite

  1. past participle of breoigh

Noun

breoite

  1. genitive singular of breo

Mutation

Mutated forms of breoite
radical lenition eclipsis
breoite bhreoite mbreoite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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