brístín

Irish

Etymology

From bríste (“slacks”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

brístín m (genitive singular brístín, nominative plural brístíní)

1. panties, knickers
2. shorts

Declension

Declension of brístín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brístín brístíní vocative a bhrístín a bhrístíní genitive brístín brístíní dative brístín brístíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brístín na brístíní genitive an bhrístín na mbrístíní dative leis an mbrístín don bhrístín leis na brístíní

Synonyms

• (shorts): bríste sciota

Mutation

Mutated forms of brístín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brístín	bhrístín	mbrístín

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

References

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