diúid

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dḯuit (“simple”).

Adjective

diúid (genitive singular feminine diúide, plural diúide, comparative diúide)

1. simple, uncomplicated
2. straightforward, sincere
3. simple-minded, silly

Declension

Declension of diúid

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	diúid	dhiúid	diúide; dhiúide2
vocative	dhiúid		diúide
genitive		diúide	diúide	diúid
dative	diúid; dhiúid1	dhiúid	diúide; dhiúide2
Comparative	níos diúide
Superlative	is diúide

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aindiúid f (“obduracy”)

Related terms

• diúide f (“simplicity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diúid	dhiúid	ndiúid

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diúid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dḯuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language