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
singular plural
nominative briseán briseáin
vocative a bhriseáin a bhriseána
genitive briseáin briseán
dative briseán briseáin
forms with the definite article
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.

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