breoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish breóïd (burns, verb).

Verb

breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. glow
  2. heat
  3. sear; sicken
  4. weaken

Etymology 2

Verb

breoigh (present analytic breonn, future analytic breofaidh, verbal noun breo, past participle breoite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of dreoigh (decompose, decay)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breoigh bhreoigh mbreoigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "breoigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • breó(a)id” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “breoḋaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “breoigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “breoigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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