veirteabrach

Irish

Etymology

From veirteabra (“vertebra”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

veirteabrach (genitive singular masculine veirteabraigh, genitive singular feminine veirteabraí, plural veirteabracha, not comparable)

1. (biology, zoology) vertebrate

   Antonym: inveirteabrach

2. (anatomy) vertebral

Declension

Declension of veirteabrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	veirteabrach	veirteabrach	veirteabracha
vocative	veirteabraigh		veirteabracha
genitive		veirteabraí	veirteabracha	veirteabrach
dative	veirteabrach	veirteabrach; veirteabraigh (archaic)	veirteabracha
Comparative	níos veirteabraí
Superlative	is veirteabraí

Noun

veirteabrach m (genitive singular veirteabraigh, nominative plural veirteabraigh)

1. (biology, zoology) vertebrate

   Synonym: ainmhí veirteabrach

   Antonym: inveirteabrach

Declension

Declension of veirteabrach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative veirteabrach veirteabraigh vocative a veirteabraigh a veirteabracha genitive veirteabraigh veirteabrach dative veirteabrach veirteabraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an veirteabrach na veirteabraigh genitive an veirteabraigh na veirteabrach dative leis an veirteabrach don veirteabrach leis na veirteabraigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “veirteabrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “veirteabrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “veirteabrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024