difriúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From difear (“difference”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]difriúil (genitive singular masculine difriúil, genitive singular feminine difriúla, plural difriúla, comparative difriúla)
- different, dissimilar (le, from, to)
- Synonym: éagsúil
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | difriúil | dhifriúil | difriúla; dhifriúla2 | |
vocative | dhifriúil | difriúla | ||
genitive | difriúla | difriúla | difriúil | |
dative | difriúil; dhifriúil1 |
dhifriúil | difriúla; dhifriúla2 | |
Comparative | níos difriúla | |||
Superlative | is difriúla |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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difriúil | dhifriúil | ndifriúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.