drisíneach

Irish

Etymology

From drisín (“small bramble”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

drisíneach (genitive singular masculine drisínigh, genitive singular feminine drisíní, plural drisíneacha, comparative drisíní)

  1. prickly, irritable, touchy

Declension

Declension of drisíneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative drisíneach dhrisíneach drisíneacha;
dhrisíneacha2
vocative dhrisínigh drisíneacha
genitive drisíní drisíneacha drisíneach
dative drisíneach;
dhrisíneach1 		dhrisíneach;
dhrisínigh (archaic) 		drisíneacha;
dhrisíneacha2
Comparative níos drisíní
Superlative is drisíní

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • drisíneacht f (“prickliness, irritability, touchiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of drisíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
drisíneach dhrisíneach ndrisíneach

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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