difear

Irish

Alternative forms

• deifir (Munster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish deithbir (“distinction, difference”) (compare Scottish Gaelic diofar), ultimately from Latin differo. Doublet of deifir.

Noun

difear m (genitive singular difir)

1. difference

   Synonym: difríocht

Declension

Declension of difear

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative difear Vocative a dhifir Genitive difir Dative difear

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an difear Genitive an difir Dative leis an difear don difear

Derived terms

• difriúil (“different, dissimilar”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
difear	dhifear	ndifear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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