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

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drisíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drisíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drisíneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025