difriúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From difear (“difference”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]difriúil (genitive singular masculine difriúil, genitive singular feminine difriúla, plural difriúla, comparative difriúla)
- different, dissimilar (le, from, to)
- Synonym: éagsúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of difriúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | difriúil | dhifriúil | difriúla; dhifriúla² | |
| Vocative | dhifriúil | difriúla | ||
| Genitive | difriúla | difriúla | difriúil | |
| Dative | difriúil; dhifriúil¹ |
dhifriúil | difriúla; dhifriúla² | |
| Comparative | níos difriúla | |||
| Superlative | is difriúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| difriúil | dhifriúil | ndifriúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||