gairmiúil

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾʲmʲuːlʲ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾʲɪˈmʲuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾʲəˌmʲuəlʲ/

Adjective

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

1. vocational
2. professional

   Synonyms: gairmeach, proifisiúnta

Declension

Declension of gairmiúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	gairmiúil	ghairmiúil	gairmiúla; ghairmiúla2
vocative	ghairmiúil		gairmiúla
genitive		gairmiúla	strong noun	weak noun
			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

• ar bhonn ghairmiúil (“professionally”)
• eitic ghairmiúil (“professional ethics”)
• gairmiúlacht (“professionalism”)
• gairmiúlaigh (“professionalise”)

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.

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, 2013-2025