paincréas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas).

Noun

paincréas m (genitive singular paincréis, nominative plural paincréis)

1. (anatomy) pancreas

   Synonyms: briseán, briseán milis

Declension

Declension of paincréas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative paincréas paincréis vocative a phaincréis a phaincréasa genitive paincréis paincréas dative paincréas paincréis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an paincréas na paincréis genitive an phaincréis na bpaincréas dative leis an bpaincréas don phaincréas leis na paincréis

Mutation

Mutated forms of paincréas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paincréas	phaincréas	bpaincréas

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) “paincréas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “paincréas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “paincréas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024