driseog

Irish

Alternative forms

• driseóg (superseded)

Etymology

dris (“bramble, briar”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɪʃaɡ/

Noun

driseog f (genitive singular driseoige, nominative plural driseoga)

1. (small) bramble

   Synonym: drisín

2. prickly, irritable person
3. (literary) lampooner, satirist

Declension

Declension of driseog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative driseog driseoga Vocative a dhriseog a dhriseoga Genitive driseoige driseog Dative driseog driseoig (archaic, dialectal) driseoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an driseog na driseoga Genitive na driseoige na ndriseog Dative leis an driseog leis an driseoig (archaic, dialectal) don driseog don driseoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na driseoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
driseog	dhriseog	ndriseog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “driseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “driseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 261
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “driseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “driseog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “driseog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89