driseach

Irish

Etymology

dris (bramble, briar) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɪʃa(x)/

Adjective

driseach (genitive singular masculine drisigh, genitive singular feminine drisí, plural driseacha, comparative drisí)

  1. brambly, briary

Declension

Declension of driseach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative driseach dhriseach driseacha;
dhriseacha2
vocative dhrisigh driseacha
genitive drisí driseacha driseach
dative driseach;
dhriseach1
dhriseach;
dhrisigh (archaic)
driseacha;
dhriseacha2
Comparative níos drisí
Superlative is drisí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of driseach
radical lenition eclipsis
driseach dhriseach ndriseach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.