From ceirbri- (“cerebro-”) + spíon (“spine”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
ceirbrispíonach (genitive singular masculine ceirbrispíonaigh, genitive singular feminine ceirbrispíonaí, plural ceirbrispíonacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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.