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)

  1. bramble, briar
  2. cantankerous, prickly person

Declension
Declension of dris

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dris driseacha
Vocative a dhris a dhriseacha
Genitive drise driseacha
Dative dris driseacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dris na driseacha
Genitive na drise na ndriseacha
Dative leis an dris

don dris

 leis na driseacha

Derived terms

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.

Maltese
Root
d-r-s
9 terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /driːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

dris m

  1. verbal noun of dires

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

  1. bramble, blackberry (plant)
  2. briar

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
drisdhris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
  • smeur (“fruit, berry”)
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