dris

dris

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲɪʃ/

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, nominative plural driseacha)

1. bramble, briar
2. cantankerous, prickly person

Declension

Declension of dris

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dris driseacha Vocative a dhris a dhriseacha Genitive drise driseacha Dative dris driseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dris na driseacha Genitive na drise na ndriseacha Dative leis an dris don dris leis na driseacha

Derived terms

• drischoill (“bramble brake”)
• driseach (“brambly, briary”)
• driseog (“(small) bramble; prickly, irritable person; lampooner, satirist”)
• drisín (“small bramble”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dris	dhris	ndris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”).

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

1. bramble, blackberry (plant)
2. briar

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dris	dhris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• smeur (“fruit, berry”)