dris

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dris, Welsh drysi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲɪʃ/

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, nominative plural driseacha)

1. bramble, briar
2. cantankerous, prickly person

Declension

Declension of dris (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative dris driseacha vocative a dhris a dhriseacha genitive drise driseacha dative dris driseacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an dris na driseacha genitive na drise na ndriseacha dative leis an dris don dris leis na driseacha

Derived terms

• bod ar dris (“stonechat”)
• drischoill (“bramble brake”)
• driseach (“brambly, briary”)
• driseog (“(small) bramble”)
• drisín (“small bramble”)
• feirdhris (“dogrose”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dris

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dris	dhris	ndris

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dris”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Root
d-r-s
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

dris m

1. verbal noun of dires

Middle High German

Adverb

drîs

1. alternative form of drîes (“thrice”)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dristis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲɾʲisʲ/

Noun

dris f

1. briar, bramble

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dris	drisL	drisiH
vocative	dris	drisL	drisiH
accusative	drisN	drisL	drisiH
genitive	dresoH, dresaH	dresoH, dresaH	driseN
dative	drisL	drisib	drisib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: dris
• Manx: dress
• Scottish Gaelic: dris

Mutation

Mutation of dris

radical	lenition	nasalization
dris	dris pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndris

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dreas

Etymology

From Old Irish dris (“bramble, briar, thorn-bush”). Cognate with Irish dris, Welsh drysi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪̊ɾiʃ/

Noun

dris f (genitive singular drise, plural drisean)

1. bramble bush, blackberry bush
2. (generally) briar, thorny plant

   às an dris anns an droigheann ― (idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire

3. thorn

See also

• smeur (“fruit, berry”)
• droigheann

Mutation

Mutation of dris

radical	lenition
dris	dhris

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “dris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN