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