dris

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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)

  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

Mutated forms of dris
radical lenition eclipsis
dris dhris ndris

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

Further reading

Maltese

Root
d-r-s
9 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

dris m

  1. verbal noun of dires

Middle High German

Adverb

drîs

  1. Alternative form of drîes (“thrice”)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

  1. bramble bush, blackberry bush
  2. (generally) briar, thorny plant
    às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire
  3. thorn

See also

Mutation

Mutation of dris
radical lenition
dris dhris

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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