difear
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish deithbir (“distinction, difference”) (compare Scottish Gaelic diofar), ultimately from Latin differo. Doublet of deifir.
Noun edit
difear m (genitive singular difir)
- difference
- Synonym: difríocht
Declension edit
Declension of difear
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- difriúil (“different, dissimilar”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “difear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deithbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language