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breab
breab
Irish
Noun
breab f (genitive singular breibe, nominative plural breaba)
Declension
Declension of breab
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- breabiriseoireacht (“checkbook journalism”)
Verb
breab (present analytic breabann, future analytic breabfaidh, verbal noun breabadh, past participle breabtha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | breabaim | breabann tú; breabair† |
breabann sé, sí | breabaimid | breabann sibh | breabann siad; breabaid† |
a bhreabann; a bhreabas / a mbreabann*; a mbreabas* |
breabtar |
| past | bhreab mé; bhreabas | bhreab tú; bhreabais | bhreab sé, sí | bhreabamar; bhreab muid | bhreab sibh; bhreababhair | bhreab siad; bhreabadar | a bhreab / ar bhreab* |
breabadh | |
| past habitual | bhreabainn | bhreabtá | bhreabadh sé, sí | bhreabaimis; bhreabadh muid | bhreabadh sibh | bhreabaidís; bhreabadh siad | a bhreabadh / ar bhreabadh* |
bhreabtaí | |
| future | breabfaidh mé; breabfad |
breabfaidh tú; breabfair† |
breabfaidh sé, sí | breabfaimid; breabfaidh muid |
breabfaidh sibh | breabfaidh siad; breabfaid† |
a bhreabfaidh; a bhreabfas / a mbreabfaidh*; a mbreabfas* |
breabfar | |
| conditional | bhreabfainn | bhreabfá | bhreabfadh sé, sí | bhreabfaimis; bhreabfadh muid | bhreabfadh sibh | bhreabfaidís; bhreabfadh siad | a bhreabfadh / ar bhreabfadh* |
bhreabfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go mbreaba mé; go mbreabad† |
go mbreaba tú; go mbreabair† |
go mbreaba sé, sí | go mbreabaimid; go mbreaba muid |
go mbreaba sibh | go mbreaba siad; go mbreabaid† |
— | go mbreabtar |
| past | dá mbreabainn | dá mbreabtá | dá mbreabadh sé, sí | dá mbreabaimis; dá mbreabadh muid |
dá mbreabadh sibh | dá mbreabaidís; dá mbreabadh siad |
— | dá mbreabtaí | |
| imperative | breabaim | breab | breabadh sé, sí | breabaimis | breabaigí; breabaidh† |
breabaidís | — | breabtar | |
| verbal noun | breabadh | ||||||||
| past participle | breabtha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breab | bhreab | mbreab |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||