briseán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

briseán m (genitive singular briseáin, nominative plural briseáin)

1. pancreas
2. sweetbread

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

Synonyms

• (pancreas): paincréas
• (sweetbread): briseán milis

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN