gairmiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gairm (“calling, profession, occupation”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gairmiúil (genitive singular masculine gairmiúil, genitive singular feminine gairmiúla, plural gairmiúla)
Declension
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
- eitic ghairmiúil (“professional ethics”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gairmiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN