drisíneach

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From drisín (“small bramble”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective edit

drisíneach (genitive singular masculine drisínigh, genitive singular feminine drisíní, plural drisíneacha, comparative drisíní)

prickly, irritable, touchy

Declension edit

Declension of drisíneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	drisíneach	dhrisíneach	drisíneacha; dhrisíneacha²
Vocative	dhrisínigh	dhrisíneach	drisíneacha
Genitive	dhrisínigh	drisíní	drisíneacha	drisíneach
Dative	drisíneach; dhrisíneach¹	dhrisíneach; dhrisínigh (archaic)	drisíneacha; dhrisíneacha²
Comparative	níos drisíní
Superlative	is drisíní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms edit

drisíneacht f (“prickliness, irritability, touchiness”)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drisíneach	dhrisíneach	ndrisíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.