briseán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

briseán m (genitive singular briseáin, nominative plural briseáin)

1. (anatomy) pancreas

   Synonym: paincréas

2. sweetbread

   Synonym: briseán milis

Declension

Declension of briseán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative briseán briseáin Vocative a bhriseáin a bhriseána Genitive briseáin briseán Dative briseán briseáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an briseán na briseáin Genitive an bhriseáin na mbriseán Dative leis an mbriseán don bhriseán leis na briseáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briseán	bhriseán	mbriseán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briseán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “briseán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024