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dreó, dreodh, dreódh, dreóghadh, dreoghadh (superseded)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

verbal noun of dreoigh
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” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dreó(ga)d”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
"dreo" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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