brioscán

Irish

Etymology

briosca +‎ -án

Noun

brioscán m (genitive singular brioscáin, nominative plural brioscáin)

1. crisp (fried snack)

Declension

Declension of brioscán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brioscán brioscáin vocative a bhrioscáin a bhrioscána genitive brioscáin brioscán dative brioscán brioscáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brioscán na brioscáin genitive an bhrioscáin na mbrioscán dative leis an mbrioscán don bhrioscán leis na brioscáin

Derived terms

• brioscán prátaí (“potato crisp”)
• brioscán ríse (“rice crispy”)
• brioscán branda (“brandy snap”)
• brioscánach (“crispy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brioscán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brioscán	bhrioscán	mbrioscán

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