paincréas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas).

Noun

paincréas m (genitive singular paincréis, nominative plural paincréis)

1. (anatomy) pancreas

   Synonyms: briseán, briseán milis

Declension

Declension of paincréas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative paincréas paincréis Vocative a phaincréis a phaincréasa Genitive paincréis paincréas Dative paincréas paincréis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an paincréas na paincréis Genitive an phaincréis na bpaincréas Dative leis an bpaincréas don phaincréas leis na paincréis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
paincréas	phaincréas	bpaincréas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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