diúid
Irish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Irish dḯuit (“simple”).
Adjective
editdiúid (genitive singular feminine diúide, plural diúide, comparative diúide)
Declension
editDeclension of diúid
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
edit- aindiúid f (“obduracy”)
Related terms
edit- diúide f (“simplicity”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- 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