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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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.

Related terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drisíneach	dhrisíneach	ndrisíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drisíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “drisíneach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “drisíneach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.