breo

See also: breó

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish breó.

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”).

Noun

breo m (genitive singular breo or breoite)

  1. verbal noun of breoigh
Declension
Substantive
Declension of breo

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

breo

  1. present subjunctive analytic of breoigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breo bhreo mbreo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "breo" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “breó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “breóad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “breo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “breo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Spanish

Verb

breo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of brear.
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