fear gnó

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English businessman

Noun

fear gnó m (genitive singular fir ghnó, nominative plural fir ghnó)

1. businessman

Declension

Declension of fear gnó (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fear gnó fir ghnó vocative a fhir ghnó a fheara gnó genitive fir ghnó fear gnó dative fear gnó fir ghnó forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fear gnó na fir ghnó genitive an fhir ghnó na bhfear gnó dative leis an bhfear gnó don fhear gnó leis na fir ghnó

Mutation

Mutated forms of fear gnó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fear gnó	fhear gnó	bhfear gnó

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) “fear gnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN