dreoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoː/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːj/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲɔːj/

Verb

dreoigh (present analytic dreonn, future analytic dreofaidh, verbal noun dreo, past participle dreoite)

  1. to decay, rot, putrefy
  2. to wither

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dreoiteach
  • dreoiteacht

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
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