Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From díomhaoin +‎ -as with an excrescent t; the older variant díomhaoineas is from Middle Irish dimaínes.

Noun edit

díomhaointeas m (genitive singular díomhaointis)

  1. vanity (that which is vain, futile, or worthless), worthlessness
  2. idleness (state of being idle; inactivity)
  3. unmarried state
    Tá mé i mo dhíomhaointeas.
    I am single.

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díomhaointeas dhíomhaointeas ndíomhaointeas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit