difriúil
Irish
Etymology
From difear (“difference”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
difriúil (genitive singular masculine difriúil, genitive singular feminine difriúla, plural difriúla, comparative difriúla)
- different, dissimilar (le, from, to)
- Synonym: éagsúil
Declension
Declension of difriúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
difriúil | dhifriúil | ndifriúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |