ceirbrispíonach

Irish

Etymology

From ceirbri- (“cerebro-”) +‎ spíon (“spine”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ceirbrispíonach (genitive singular masculine ceirbrispíonaigh, genitive singular feminine ceirbrispíonaí, plural ceirbrispíonacha, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) cerebrospinal

Declension

Declension of ceirbrispíonach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceirbrispíonach cheirbrispíonach ceirbrispíonacha;
cheirbrispíonacha2
vocative cheirbrispíonaigh ceirbrispíonacha
genitive ceirbrispíonaí ceirbrispíonacha ceirbrispíonach
dative ceirbrispíonach;
cheirbrispíonach1 		cheirbrispíonach;
cheirbrispíonaigh (archaic) 		ceirbrispíonacha;
cheirbrispíonacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirbrispíonach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirbrispíonach cheirbrispíonach gceirbrispíonach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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