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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of difear

radical	lenition	eclipsis
difear	dhifear	ndifear

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) “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