breo

See also: breó

Galician

Verb

breo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brear

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish breó.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɔː/

Noun

breo m (genitive singular breo, nominative plural breonna)

1. brand, torch
2. glow

Declension

Declension of breo (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breo breonna vocative a bhreo a bhreonna genitive breo breonna dative breo breonna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an breo na breonna genitive an bhreo na mbreonna dative leis an mbreo don bhreo leis na breonna

Alternative forms

• beo (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• breoch (“glowing”, adjective)
• breochloch f (“flint”)
• breoga (“fiery”, adjective)
• breoigh (“glow; heat; sear; sicken”, verb)
• breolampa m (“glow-lamp”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish breóad, verbal noun of breóaid (“burns; enfeebles, weakens, injures, crushes”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɔːw/

Noun

breo m (genitive singular breo or breoite)

1. verbal noun of breoigh

Declension

Substantive

Declension of breo (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breo vocative a bhreo genitive breo dative breo forms with the definite article case singular nominative an breo genitive an bhreo dative leis an mbreo don bhreo

Verbal noun

Declension of breo (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breo vocative a bhreo genitive breoite dative breo forms with the definite article case singular nominative an breo genitive an bhreoite dative leis an mbreo don bhreo

Alternative forms

• breochtaint, breodh, breodhadh (superseded)

Derived terms

• breo croí (“repining, heart-sickness”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɔː/

Verb

breo

1. present subjunctive analytic of breoigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of breo

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breo	bhreo	mbreo

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breóad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breo”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
• “breo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Spanish

Verb

breo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brear