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 singular plural nominative custaiméir custaiméirí vocative a chustaiméir a chustaiméirí genitive custaiméara custaiméirí dative custaiméir custaiméirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an custaiméir na custaiméirí genitive an chustaiméara na gcustaiméirí dative leis an gcustaiméir don chustaiméir leis na custaiméirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of custaiméir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
custaiméir	chustaiméir	gcustaiméir

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

Further reading

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