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)
- bramble, briar
- cantankerous, prickly person
Declension
Declension of dris
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bod ar dris (“stonechat”)
- drischoill (“bramble brake”)
- driseach (“brambly, briary”)
- driseog (“(small) bramble”)
- drisín (“small bramble”)
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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Noun
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
- 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. | |
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