díomuan

Irish

Etymology

dí- +‎ buan (“enduring, permanent; steadfast, solid”)

Adjective

díomuan (genitive singular masculine díomuain, genitive singular feminine díomuaine, plural díomuana, comparative díomuaine)

1. impermanent, transient, transitory; short-lived

Declension

Declension of díomuan

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	díomuan	dhíomuan	díomuana; dhíomuana²
Vocative	dhíomuain		díomuana
Genitive		díomuane	díomuana	díomuan
Dative	díomuan; dhíomuan¹	dhíomuan; dhíomuain (archaic)	díomuana; dhíomuana²
Comparative	níos díomuane
Superlative	is díomuane

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

Synonyms

• (transient, short-lived): duthain

Related terms

• díomuaine f (“impermanence, transitoriness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díomuan	dhíomuan	ndíomuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díomuan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN