driseachán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

driseachán m (genitive singular driseacháin, nominative plural driseacháin)

1. (anatomy) rectum

   Synonyms: athán, reicteam

Declension

Declension of driseachán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative driseachán driseacháin vocative a dhriseacháin a dhriseachána genitive driseacháin driseachán dative driseachán driseacháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an driseachán na driseacháin genitive an driseacháin na ndriseachán dative leis an driseachán don driseachán leis na driseacháin

Related terms

• reicteach

Mutation

Mutated forms of driseachán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
driseachán	dhriseachán	ndriseachán

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) “driseachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “driseachán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm