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Irish
Etymology
Technically a past participle of breoigh (“to sicken”); from Middle Irish breóite, past participle of breóïd (“to weaken, crush”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
breoite
- sick, ill
- Synonym: tinn
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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breoite
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bhreoite
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breoite; bhreoite²
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Vocative
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bhreoite
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breoite
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Genitive
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breoite
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breoite
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breoite
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Dative
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breoite; bhreoite¹
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bhreoite
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breoite; bhreoite²
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Comparative
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níos breoite
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Superlative
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is breoite
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Participle
breoite
- past participle of breoigh
Noun
breoite
- genitive singular of breo
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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breoite
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bhreoite
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mbreoite
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breóite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45