Irish/Vocabulary/Professions
< Irish | Vocabulary
Now, make use of the construction you have learned for telling what your or your friend's occupation is. Here are some professions:
- aisteoir actor
- aistritheoir translator
- amhránaí singer
- amhránaí sean-nóis traditional Irish-style singer. Sean-nós means "old way, old style", and it refers to the traditional a cappella singing style still extant in the Irish-speaking communities. Sean-nóis is the genitive form meaning "of old way". Thus, literally translated, amhránaí sean-nóis means "a singer of old style", but "an old-style singer" captures the sense better.
- ateangaire interpreter
- bean rialta nun
- bitheolaí biologist
- breitheamh judge
- ceoltóir musician
- cóipscríbhneoir copywriter
- craoltóir broadcaster
- cuntasóir accountant
- díoltóir leabhar bookseller
- dochtúir doctor
- eaglaiseach churchman, clergyman
- easpag bishop
- fealsamh philosopher (philosophy is fealsúnacht)
- fear gnó businessman
- feirmeoir farmer
- file poet
- foghlaí mara pirate
- gadaí thief
- garda policeman, police officer (in Ireland; in other countries, péas and póilín might be more appropriate)
- geallghlacadóir bookmaker, turf-accountant
- innealtóir bogearraí software engineer
- iriseoir journalist
- mac léinn student
- mairnéalach sailor
- manach monk, friar
- ministir (Protestant) minister
- múinteoir teacher
- nuachtánaí reporter
- ollamh professor
- peasghadaí pickpocket
- ríomhinnealtóir computer engineer, computer specialist
- rúnaí secretary (a secret is rún)
- sagart (Catholic) priest
- saighdiúir soldier
- scoláire scholar
- scríbhneoir writer
- siopadóir shopkeeper
- siúinéir carpenter, joiner
- spásaire spaceman, astronaut
- táilliúir tailor
- teangaire interpreter
- tiománaí driver
- tiománaí leoraí lorry-driver
- tiománaí tacsaí taxi driver
- tuíodóir thatcher
- údar author
- úinéir owner. Well, of course it makes little sense to say that someone is an "owner" by profession, but you could say, for instance, úinéir monarchan, a factory-owner. Factory is monarcha in Irish, genitive form ("a factory's", "of a factory") is monarchan, and a factory-owner will thus be úinéir monarchan.