diúid

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dḯuit (“simple”).

Adjective

diúid (genitive singular feminine diúide, plural diúide, comparative diúide)

1. simple, uncomplicated
2. straightforward, sincere
3. simple-minded, silly

Declension

Declension of diúid

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	diúid	dhiúid	diúide; dhiúide²
Vocative	dhiúid		diúide
Genitive		diúide	diúide	diúid
Dative	diúid; dhiúid¹	dhiúid	diúide; dhiúide²
Comparative	níos diúide
Superlative	is diúide

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aindiúid f (“obduracy”)

Related terms

• diúide f (“simplicity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
diúid	dhiúid	ndiúid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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