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irrealis

set of grammatical moods indicating that a situation or action is not known to have happened at the moment the speaker is talking
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Summary

irrealis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,314 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: grammatical mood[2]
  • Opposite of: realis[3]
  • Described at URL: https://universaldependencies.org/u/feat/Mood.html#irr-irrealis[4]
  • Short name: IRR[5]
  • P14892: IrrealisMood[6]

Why It Matters

irrealis has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] irrealis is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). irrealis. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/irrealis
MLA “irrealis.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/irrealis.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_irrealis_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{irrealis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/irrealis}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 3280
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 3280, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328519|IrrealisMood (#7328519)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'hy', 'ko', 'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'ru', 'zh']
    Subclass of → grammatical mood
    Opposite of → realis
    Equivalent class → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14892: IrrealisMood"
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