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)

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

nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of briosc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briosca	bhriosca	mbriosca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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