deifreach

Irish

Alternative forms

• deithbhireach (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛfʲəɾʲəx/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish deithbhireach. Equivalent to deifir +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deifreach (genitive singular masculine deifrigh, genitive singular feminine deifrí, plural deifreacha, comparative deifrí)

1. hurried
2. (Munster) different

   Synonym: difriúil

Declension

Declension of deifreach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deifreach	dheifreach	deifreacha; dheifreacha²
Vocative	dheifrigh		deifreacha
Genitive		deifrí	deifreacha	deifreach
Dative	deifreach; dheifreach¹	dheifreach; dheifrigh (archaic)	deifreacha; dheifreacha²
Comparative	níos deifrí
Superlative	is deifrí

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

deifreach f sg

1. (Munster) genitive singular of deifir (“difference”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deifreach	dheifreach	ndeifreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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