gairmiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• gairmeach

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. vocational
2. professional

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

Mutation

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

• 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