driseachán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

driseachán m (genitive singular driseacháin, nominative plural driseacháin)

1. (anatomy) rectum

   Synonyms: athán, reicteam

Declension

Declension of driseachán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative driseachán driseacháin Vocative a dhriseacháin a dhriseachána Genitive driseacháin driseachán Dative driseachán driseacháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an driseachán na driseacháin Genitive an driseacháin na ndriseachán Dative leis an driseachán don driseachán leis na driseacháin

Related terms

• reicteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
driseachán	dhriseachán	ndriseachán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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