dris

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dris, Welsh drysi.

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

• bod ar dris (“stonechat”)
• drischoill (“bramble brake”)
• driseach (“brambly, briary”)
• driseog (“(small) bramble”)
• drisín (“small bramble”)
• feirdhris (“dogrose”)

 

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dris”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Root
d-r-s
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

dris m

1. verbal noun of dires

Middle High German

Adverb

drîs

1. Alternative form of drîes (“thrice”)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dreas

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

1. bramble bush, blackberry bush
2. (generally) briar, thorny plant

   às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire

3. thorn

See also

• smeur (“fruit, berry”)
• droigheann

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.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN