dris
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dris, Welsh drysi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dris f (genitive singular drise, nominative plural driseacha)
- bramble, briar
- cantankerous, prickly person
Declension edit
Declension of dris
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- bod ar dris (“stonechat”)
- drischoill (“bramble brake”)
- driseach (“brambly, briary”)
- driseog (“(small) bramble”)
- drisín (“small bramble”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dris | dhris | ndris |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Maltese edit
Root |
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d-r-s |
9 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dris m
- verbal noun of dires
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.
Noun edit
dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)
- bramble bush, blackberry bush
- (generally) briar, thorny plant
- às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire
- thorn
See also edit
- smeur (“fruit, berry”)
- droigheann
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
dris | dhris |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |