custaiméir

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuisliméir
• cuisliméara (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English customere, from Old French coustumier, from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”), from custuma (“custom, tax”).

Noun

custaiméir m (genitive singular custaiméara, nominative plural custaiméirí)

1. customer

Declension

Declension of custaiméir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative custaiméir custaiméirí Vocative a chustaiméir a chustaiméirí Genitive custaiméara custaiméirí Dative custaiméir custaiméirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an custaiméir na custaiméirí Genitive an chustaiméara na gcustaiméirí Dative leis an gcustaiméir don chustaiméir leis na custaiméirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
custaiméir	chustaiméir	gcustaiméir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “custaiméir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN