gairneoir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gardener, assimilated to the suffix -óir.

Noun

gairneoir m (genitive singular gairneora, nominative plural gairneoirí)

1. gardener

   Synonym: garraíodóir

2. horticulturist

   Synonym: gortóir

Declension

Declension of gairneoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gairneoir gairneoirí vocative a ghairneoir a ghairneoirí genitive gairneora gairneoirí dative gairneoir gairneoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gairneoir na gairneoirí genitive an ghairneora na ngairneoirí dative leis an ngairneoir don ghairneoir leis na gairneoirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairneoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gairneoir	ghairneoir	ngairneoir

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) “gairneoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “horticulturist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024