driseog
Irish
Alternative forms
- driseóg (superseded)
Etymology
dris (“bramble, briar”) + -óg
Noun
driseog f (genitive singular driseoige, nominative plural driseoga)
- (small) bramble
- Synonym: drisín
- prickly, irritable person
- (literary) lampooner, satirist
Declension
Declension of driseog
Second declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
driseog | dhriseog | ndriseog |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “driseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “driseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 261
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “driseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “driseog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “driseog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.