difear
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish deithbir (“distinction, difference”) (compare Scottish Gaelic diofar), ultimately from Latin differo. Doublet of deifir.
Noun
difear m (genitive singular difir)
- difference
- Synonym: difríocht
Declension
Declension of difear
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- difriúil (“different, dissimilar”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
difear | dhifear | ndifear |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “difear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deithbir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language