briosca

Irish

Etymology

From briosc (“brittle, crisp”). Compare Scottish Gaelic briosgaid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪsˠkə/

Noun

briosca m (genitive singular briosca, nominative plural brioscaí)

  1. biscuit, cookie

Declension

Declension of briosca (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative briosca brioscaí
vocative a bhriosca a bhrioscaí
genitive briosca brioscaí
dative briosca brioscaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an briosca na brioscaí
genitive an bhriosca na mbrioscaí
dative leis an mbriosca
don bhriosca 		leis na brioscaí

Derived terms

  • briosca caiscíneach (“digestive biscuit”)
  • briosca cáise (“cheese-biscuit”)
  • briosca coirce (“oatcake”)
  • briosca crua (“cracker”)
  • briosca farraige (“sea-biscuit”)
  • briosca loinge (“ship's biscuit”)
  • briosca madra (“dog biscuit”)
  • briosca sceallaí seacláide (“chocolate chip cookie”)
  • briosca seacláide (“chocolate biscuit”)
  • briosca sinséir (“ginger nut, ginger snap”)
  • briosca uachtair (“custard cream”)
  • briosca uisce (“water biscuit”)
  • brioscán (“crisp”)
  • gréithe briosca (“biscuit ware”)
  • brioscóid f (“short biscuit”)

Adjective

briosca

  1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of briosc

Mutation

Mutated forms of briosca
radical lenition eclipsis
briosca bhriosca mbriosca

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

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