gairmiúil

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Irish

Etymology

From gairm (“calling, profession, occupation”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gairmiúil (genitive singular masculine gairmiúil, genitive singular feminine gairmiúla, plural gairmiúla)

  1. vocational
  2. professional
    Synonyms: gairmeach, proifisiúnta

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairmiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
gairmiúil ghairmiúil ngairmiúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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