ceirbreach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ceirbreach (genitive singular masculine ceirbrigh, genitive singular feminine ceirbrí, plural ceirbreacha, not comparable)
- cerebral (relating to the cerebrum)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ceirbreach | cheirbreach | ceirbreacha; cheirbreacha2 | |
| vocative | cheirbrigh | ceirbreacha | ||
| genitive | ceirbrí | ceirbreacha | ceirbreach | |
| dative | ceirbreach; cheirbreach1 |
cheirbreach; cheirbrigh (archaic) |
ceirbreacha; cheirbreacha2 | |
| 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]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| ceirbreach | cheirbreach | gceirbreach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirbreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceirbreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceirbreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024