ceirbrispíonach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ceirbri- (“cerebro-”) + spíon (“spine”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]ceirbrispíonach (genitive singular masculine ceirbrispíonaigh, genitive singular feminine ceirbrispíonaí, plural ceirbrispíonacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceirbrispíonach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceirbrispíonach | cheirbrispíonach | gceirbrispíonach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirbrispíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN