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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dris, Welsh drysi.
Pronunciation
Noun
dris f (genitive singular drise, nominative plural driseacha)
- bramble, briar
- cantankerous, prickly person
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| dris
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dhris
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ndris
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Maltese
Pronunciation
Noun
dris m
- verbal noun of dires
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.
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
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| dris |
dhris
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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