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Irish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish dḯuit (“simple”).
Adjective
diúid (genitive singular feminine diúide, plural diúide, comparative diúide)
- simple, uncomplicated
- straightforward, sincere
- simple-minded, silly
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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diúid
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dhiúid
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ndiúid
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diúid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dḯuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language