drisín
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
drisín m (genitive singular drisín, nominative plural drisíní)
Declension edit
Declension of drisín
Etymology 2 edit
From dris (“bramble, briar”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
drisín m (genitive singular drisín, nominative plural drisíní)
- Diminutive of dris
- small bramble
Declension edit
Declension of drisín
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- drisíneach (“prickly, irritable, touchy”, adjective)
- drisíneacht f (“prickliness, irritability, touchiness”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
drisín | dhrisín | ndrisín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN