breisia

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian breccia.

Noun

breisia f (genitive singular breisia, nominative plural breisiacha)

1. (petrology) breccia

Declension

Declension of breisia (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breisia breisiacha vocative a bhreisia a bhreisiacha genitive breisia breisiacha dative breisia breisiacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhreisia na breisiacha genitive na breisia na mbreisiacha dative leis an mbreisia don bhreisia leis na breisiacha

Derived terms

• bréagbhreisia (“pseudobreccia”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of breisia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breisia	bhreisia	mbreisia

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) “breisia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN