breoite

Irish

Alternative forms

• breoidhte (superseded)
• breóidhte (dated)

Etymology

Technically a past participle of breoigh (“to sicken”); from Middle Irish breóite, past participle of breóïd (“to weaken, crush”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲoːtʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɔːtʲə/

Adjective

breoite

1. sick, ill

   Synonym: tinn

Declension

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

breoite

1. past participle of breoigh

Noun

breoite

1. genitive singular of breo

Mutation

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

• 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