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

	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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceirbrispíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN