dreo

Irish

Alternative forms

• dreó, dreodh, dreódh, dreóghadh, dreoghadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲɔː/

Noun

dreo m (genitive singular dreoite)

1. verbal noun of dreoigh
2. decay, rot, putrefaction

Declension

Declension of dreo (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dreo vocative a dhreo genitive dreoite dative dreo forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dreo genitive an dreoite dative leis an dreo don dreo

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreo

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dreo	dhreo	ndreo

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

Further reading

• “dreo”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreó(ga)d”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN