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

Mutated forms of díomuan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
díomuan	dhíomuan	ndíomuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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