drisíneacht

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Irish

Etymology

From drisín (“small bramble”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

drisíneacht f (genitive singular drisíneachta)

  1. prickliness, irritability, touchiness

Declension

Declension of drisíneacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative drisíneacht
vocative a dhrisíneacht
genitive drisíneachta
dative drisíneacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an drisíneacht
genitive na drisíneachta
dative leis an drisíneacht
don drisíneacht
  • drisíneach (“prickly, irritable, touchy”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of drisíneacht
radical lenition eclipsis
drisíneacht dhrisíneacht ndrisíneacht

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

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