drisíneach

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. prickly, irritable, touchy

Declension

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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.

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

Mutation

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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

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