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breoite

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally (and still also) the past participle of breoigh (to sicken); from Middle Irish breóite, past participle of breóïd (to weaken, crush).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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breoite

  1. sick, ill

Declension

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Declension of breoite
Positive singular plural
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.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Participle

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breoite

  1. past participle of breoigh

Noun

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breoite

  1. genitive singular of breo

Mutation

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Mutated forms of breoite
radical lenition eclipsis
breoite bhreoite mbreoite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ breoite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breóite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 12, page 15
  4. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 14, page 9
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 115, page 45

Further reading

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  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “breoiḋte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breoite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN