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Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
dreoigh (present analytic dreonn, future analytic dreofaidh, verbal noun dreo, past participle dreoite)
- to decay, rot, putrefy
- to wither
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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dreoim
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dreonn tú; dreoir†
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dreonn sé, sí
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dreoimid
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dreonn sibh
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dreonn siad; dreoid†
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a dhreonn; a dhreos / a ndreonn*
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dreoitear
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past
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dhreoigh mé; dhreos
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dhreoigh tú; dhreois
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dhreoigh sé, sí
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dhreomar; dhreoigh muid
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dhreoigh sibh; dhreobhair
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dhreoigh siad; dhreodar
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a dhreoigh / ar dhreoigh*
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dreodh
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past habitual
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dhreoinn / ndreoinn‡‡
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dhreoiteá / ndreoiteᇇ
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dhreodh sé, sí / ndreodh sé, s퇇
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dhreoimis; dhreodh muid / ndreoimis‡‡; ndreodh muid‡‡
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dhreodh sibh / ndreodh sibh‡‡
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dhreoidís; dhreodh siad / ndreoidís‡‡; ndreodh siad‡‡
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a dhreodh / a ndreodh*
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dhreoití / ndreoit퇇
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future
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dreofaidh mé; dreofad
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dreofaidh tú; dreofair†
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dreofaidh sé, sí
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dreofaimid; dreofaidh muid
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dreofaidh sibh
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dreofaidh siad; dreofaid†
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a dhreofaidh; a dhreofas / a ndreofaidh*
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dreofar
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conditional
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dhreofainn / ndreofainn‡‡
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dhreofá / ndreofᇇ
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dhreofadh sé, sí / ndreofadh sé, s퇇
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dhreofaimis; dhreofadh muid / ndreofaimis‡‡; ndreofadh muid‡‡
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dhreofadh sibh / ndreofadh sibh‡‡
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dhreofaidís; dhreofadh siad / ndreofaidís‡‡; ndreofadh siad‡‡
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a dhreofadh / a ndreofadh*
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dhreofaí / ndreofa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndreo mé; go ndreod†
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go ndreo tú; go ndreoir†
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go ndreo sé, sí
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go ndreoimid; go ndreo muid
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go ndreo sibh
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go ndreo siad; go ndreoid†
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—
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go ndreoitear
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past
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dá ndreoinn
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dá ndreoiteá
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dá ndreodh sé, sí
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dá ndreoimis; dá ndreodh muid
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dá ndreodh sibh
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dá ndreoidís; dá ndreodh siad
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—
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dá ndreoití
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imperative
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dreoim
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dreoigh
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dreodh sé, sí
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dreoimis
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dreoigí; dreoidh†
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dreoidís
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—
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dreoitear
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verbal noun
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dreo
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past participle
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dreoite
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
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