gairmiúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gairm (“calling, profession, occupation”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gairmiúil (genitive singular masculine gairmiúil, genitive singular feminine gairmiúla, plural gairmiúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gairmiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gairmiúil | ghairmiúil | gairmiúla; ghairmiúla² | |
| Vocative | ghairmiúil | gairmiúla | ||
| Genitive | gairmiúla | gairmiúla | gairmiúil | |
| Dative | gairmiúil; ghairmiúil¹ |
ghairmiúil | gairmiúla; ghairmiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos gairmiúla | |||
| Superlative | is gairmiúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gairmiúil | ghairmiúil | ngairmiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gairmiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gairmiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gairmiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024