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- dreogh, dreógh, dreóigh (superseded)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)
Conjugation
conjugation of dreoigh (first conjugation – C)
| verbal noun | dreo | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | dreoite | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | dreoim | dreonn tú; dreoir† |
dreonn sé, sí | dreoimid | dreonn sibh | dreonn siad; dreoid† |
a dhreonn; a dhreos / a ndreonn* |
dreoitear |
| past | dhreoigh mé; dhreos | dhreoigh tú; dhreois |
dhreoigh sé, sí | dhreomar; dhreoigh muid | dhreoigh sibh; dhreobhair | dhreoigh siad; dhreodar | a dhreoigh / ar dhreoigh* |
dreodh |
| past habitual | dhreoinn / ndreoinn‡‡ | dhreoiteá / ndreoiteᇇ | dhreodh sé, sí / ndreodh sé, s퇇 | dhreoimis; dhreodh muid / ndreoimis‡‡; ndreodh muid‡‡ | dhreodh sibh / ndreodh sibh‡‡ | dhreoidís; dhreodh siad / ndreoidís‡‡; ndreodh siad‡‡ | a dhreodh / a ndreodh* |
dhreoití / ndreoit퇇 |
| future | dreofaidh mé; dreofad |
dreofaidh tú; dreofair† |
dreofaidh sé, sí | dreofaimid; dreofaidh muid |
dreofaidh sibh | dreofaidh siad; dreofaid† |
a dhreofaidh; a dhreofas / a ndreofaidh* |
dreofar |
| conditional | dhreofainn / ndreofainn‡‡ | dhreofá / ndreofᇇ | dhreofadh sé, sí / ndreofadh sé, s퇇 | dhreofaimis; dhreofadh muid / ndreofaimis‡‡; ndreofadh muid‡‡ | dhreofadh sibh / ndreofadh sibh‡‡ | dhreofaidís; dhreofadh siad / ndreofaidís‡‡; ndreofadh siad‡‡ | a dhreofadh / a ndreofadh* |
dhreofaí / ndreofa퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| – | dreoim | dreoigh | dreodh sé, sí | dreoimis | dreoigí; dreoidh† |
dreoidís | — | dreoitear |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- dreoiteach
- dreoiteacht
Further reading
- “dreoigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dreoġaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 260
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN