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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish breóïd (“burns”, verb).
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite) (transitive, intransitive)
- glow
- heat
- sear; sicken
- weaken
Etymology 2
Verb
breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of dreoigh (“decompose, decay”)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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breoim
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breonn tú; breoir†
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breonn sé, sí
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breoimid
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breonn sibh
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breonn siad; breoid†
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a bhreonn; a bhreos / a mbreonn*
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breoitear
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past
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bhreoigh mé; bhreos
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bhreoigh tú; bhreois
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bhreoigh sé, sí
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bhreomar; bhreoigh muid
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bhreoigh sibh; bhreobhair
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bhreoigh siad; bhreodar
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a bhreoigh / ar bhreoigh*
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breodh
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past habitual
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bhreoinn / mbreoinn‡‡
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bhreoiteá / mbreoiteᇇ
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bhreodh sé, sí / mbreodh sé, s퇇
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bhreoimis; bhreodh muid / mbreoimis‡‡; mbreodh muid‡‡
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bhreodh sibh / mbreodh sibh‡‡
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bhreoidís; bhreodh siad / mbreoidís‡‡; mbreodh siad‡‡
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a bhreodh / a mbreodh*
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bhreoití / mbreoit퇇
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future
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breofaidh mé; breofad
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breofaidh tú; breofair†
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breofaidh sé, sí
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breofaimid; breofaidh muid
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breofaidh sibh
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breofaidh siad; breofaid†
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a bhreofaidh; a bhreofas / a mbreofaidh*
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breofar
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conditional
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bhreofainn / mbreofainn‡‡
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bhreofá / mbreofᇇ
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bhreofadh sé, sí / mbreofadh sé, s퇇
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bhreofaimis; bhreofadh muid / mbreofaimis‡‡; mbreofadh muid‡‡
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bhreofadh sibh / mbreofadh sibh‡‡
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bhreofaidís; bhreofadh siad / mbreofaidís‡‡; mbreofadh siad‡‡
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a bhreofadh / a mbreofadh*
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bhreofaí / mbreofa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go mbreo mé; go mbreod†
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go mbreo tú; go mbreoir†
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go mbreo sé, sí
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go mbreoimid; go mbreo muid
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go mbreo sibh
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go mbreo siad; go mbreoid†
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—
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go mbreoitear
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past
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dá mbreoinn
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dá mbreoiteá
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dá mbreodh sé, sí
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dá mbreoimis; dá mbreodh muid
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dá mbreodh sibh
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dá mbreoidís; dá mbreodh siad
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—
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dá mbreoití
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imperative
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breoim
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breoigh
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breodh sé, sí
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breoimis
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breoigí; breoidh†
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breoidís
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—
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breoitear
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verbal noun
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breo
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past participle
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breoite
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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breoigh
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bhreoigh
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mbreoigh
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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, 2013-2024