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• dreó, dreodh, dreódh, dreóghadh, dreoghadh (superseded)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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreo	dhreo	ndreo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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