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

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