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

Mutated forms of briseán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briseán	bhriseán	mbriseán

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) “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, 2013-2025