drisíneacht

Irish

Etymology

From drisín (“small bramble”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

drisíneacht f (genitive singular drisíneachta)

1. prickliness, irritability, touchiness

Declension

Declension of drisíneacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative drisíneacht Vocative a dhrisíneacht Genitive drisíneachta Dative drisíneacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an drisíneacht Genitive na drisíneachta Dative leis an drisíneacht don drisíneacht

Related terms

• drisíneach (“prickly, irritable, touchy”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drisíneacht	dhrisíneacht	ndrisíneacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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