brioscán

brioscán

Irish

Etymology

briosca +‎ -án

Noun

brioscán m (genitive singular brioscáin, nominative plural brioscáin)

1. crisp (fried snack)

Declension

Declension of brioscán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative brioscán brioscáin Vocative a bhrioscáin a bhrioscána Genitive brioscáin brioscán Dative brioscán brioscáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an brioscán na brioscáin Genitive an bhrioscáin na mbrioscán Dative leis an mbrioscán don bhrioscán leis na brioscáin

Derived terms

• brioscán prátaí (“potato crisp”)
• brioscán ríse (“rice crispy”)
• brioscán branda (“brandy snap”)
• brioscánach (“crispy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brioscán	bhrioscán	mbrioscán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "brioscán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.