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.

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
RadicalLenition
drisdhris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
  • smeur (“fruit, berry”)
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