gairmeach

Irish

Etymology

gairm (“call”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmigh, genitive singular feminine gairmí, plural gairmeacha, comparative gairmí)

  1. (grammar) vocative
  2. Alternative form of gairmiúil (“vocational; professional”)

Declension
Declension of gairmeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gairmeach ghairmeach gairmeacha;
ghairmeacha²
Vocative ghairmigh gairmeacha
Genitive gairmí gairmeacha gairmeach
Dative gairmeach;
ghairmeach¹		 ghairmeach;
ghairmigh (archaic)		 gairmeacha;
ghairmeacha²
Comparative níos gairmí
Superlative is gairmí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmigh, nominative plural gairmigh)

  1. (grammar) vocative case

Declension
Declension of gairmeach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gairmeach gairmigh
Vocative a ghairmigh a ghairmeacha
Genitive gairmigh gairmeach
Dative gairmeach gairmigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gairmeach na gairmigh
Genitive an ghairmigh na ngairmeach
Dative leis an ngairmeach

don ghairmeach

 leis na gairmigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gairmeach ghairmeach ngairmeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gairm (“cry, call”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gairmeach

  1. (grammar) vocative

Noun

gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmich)

  1. (grammar, dated) vocative case
  2. (archaic) appellative
  3. (archaic) calling
  4. (archaic) invitation

Synonyms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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