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

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