gairneoir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gardener, assimilated to the suffix -óir.

Noun

gairneoir m (genitive singular gairneora, nominative plural gairneoirí)

1. gardener

   Synonym: garraíodóir

2. horticulturist

   Synonym: gortóir

Declension

Declension of gairneoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gairneoir gairneoirí Vocative a ghairneoir a ghairneoirí Genitive gairneora gairneoirí Dative gairneoir gairneoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gairneoir na gairneoirí Genitive an ghairneora na ngairneoirí Dative leis an ngairneoir don ghairneoir leis na gairneoirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gairneoir	ghairneoir	ngairneoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gairneoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “horticulturist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024