ceirbheacsach

Irish

Etymology

From ceirbheacs +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ceirbheacsach (genitive singular masculine ceirbheacsaigh, genitive singular feminine ceirbheacsaí, plural ceirbheacsacha, not comparable)

1. cervical

Declension

Declension of ceirbheacsach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceirbheacsach	cheirbheacsach	ceirbheacsacha; cheirbheacsacha2
vocative	cheirbheacsaigh		ceirbheacsacha
genitive		ceirbheacsaí	ceirbheacsacha	ceirbheacsach
dative	ceirbheacsach; cheirbheacsach1	cheirbheacsach; cheirbheacsaigh (archaic)	ceirbheacsacha; cheirbheacsacha2
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 ceirbheacsach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceirbheacsach	cheirbheacsach	gceirbheacsach

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceirbheacsach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceirbheacsach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024