driseog

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dris (“bramble, briar”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɪʃaɡ/[1], /ˈdʲɾʲɪʃɔɡ/[2]

Noun

driseog f (genitive singular driseoige, nominative plural driseoga)

  1. (small) bramble
    Synonym: drisín
  2. prickly, irritable person
  3. (literary) lampooner, satirist

Declension

Declension of driseog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative driseog driseoga
vocative a dhriseog a dhriseoga
genitive driseoige driseog
dative driseog
driseoig (archaic, dialectal) 		driseoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an driseog na driseoga
genitive na driseoige na ndriseog
dative leis an driseog
leis an driseoig (archaic, dialectal)
don driseog
don driseoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na driseoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of driseog
radical lenition eclipsis
driseog dhriseog ndriseog

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 246, page 89
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 401, page 133

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