díomuan

Irish

Etymology

dí- +‎ buan (“enduring, permanent; steadfast, solid”)

Adjective

díomuan (genitive singular masculine díomuain, genitive singular feminine díomuaine, plural díomuana, comparative díomuaine)

impermanent, transient, transitory; short-lived

Declension

Declension of díomuan

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	díomuan	dhíomuan	díomuana; dhíomuana²
Vocative	dhíomuain	dhíomuan	díomuana
Genitive	dhíomuain	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díomuan	dhíomuan	ndíomuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"díomuan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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