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)

(anatomy) cerebrospinal

Declension

Declension of ceirbrispíonach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	ceirbrispíonach	cheirbrispíonach	ceirbrispíonacha; cheirbrispíonacha²
Vocative	cheirbrispíonaigh	cheirbrispíonach	ceirbrispíonacha
Genitive	cheirbrispíonaigh	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceirbrispíonach	cheirbrispíonach	gceirbrispíonach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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