brillín

See also: brillin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish brillín. By surface analysis, breall (“clitoris”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

brillín m (genitive singular brillín, nominative plural brillíní)

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Declension

Declension of brillín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brillín brillíní vocative a bhrillín a bhrillíní genitive brillín brillíní dative brillín brillíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brillín na brillíní genitive an bhrillín na mbrillíní dative leis an mbrillín don bhrillín leis na brillíní

Synonyms

• brille

Mutation

Mutated forms of brillín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brillín	bhrillín	mbrillín

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