briosca

Irish

brioscaí

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 case singular plural nominative briosca brioscaí vocative a bhriosca a bhrioscaí genitive briosca brioscaí dative briosca brioscaí forms with the definite article case 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”)

 

Related terms

• 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briosca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briosca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “briosca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024