breoite
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Technically a past participle of breoigh (“to sicken”); from Middle Irish breóite, past participle of breóïd (“to weaken, crush”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
breoite
Declension edit
Declension of breoite
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | breoite | bhreoite | breoite; bhreoite² | |
| Vocative | bhreoite | breoite | ||
| Genitive | breoite | breoite | breoite | |
| Dative | breoite; bhreoite¹ |
bhreoite | breoite; bhreoite² | |
| Comparative | níos breoite | |||
| Superlative | is breoite | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Participle edit
breoite
Noun edit
breoite
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breoite | bhreoite | mbreoite |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breóite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45
