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driseóg (superseded)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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	driseog	driseoga
Vocative	a dhriseog	a dhriseoga
Genitive	driseoige	driseog
Dative	driseog	driseoga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an driseog	na driseoga
Genitive	na driseoige	na ndriseog
Dative	leis an driseog don driseog	leis na driseoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “driseóc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“driseog” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 261.
"driseog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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.

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