How would i put the name Cairméal in the genitive?

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If it's a woman's name, I think you'd just lenite it. But I'm not certain.

Redwolf

Depends on the dialect. In Munster you would put the name in the genitive and lenite:
Tigh Ghobnatan = Gobnait's house

If there are adjectives, you drop the gentivie:
Tigh Ghobnait dhonn = Brown-haired Gobnait's house.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Be certain
You don't slenderize last consonants of feminine nouns in the genitive.
Only masculine singular nouns of the 1st declension do.

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Thanks, so say I wanted to say Uí Chairméal would that be right? I'm writing a short story and want to say the descendent of Carmel which is Cairméal in Irish.

Uí Chairméal would be the genitive of Ó Cairméal...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Soooo how do I say 'descendent of Cairméal' I thought Ó at least originally meant this?

Duine de shliocht Chairméil?

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Normally, ó means grandson, but I think it's not used anymore except in family names.

Descendant of Cairméal = duine do shliocht Chairméal.

Now it depends who is Cairméal, if it's a man it might become Chairméil in the genitive...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

I was thinking of how some native feminine names change in the genitive...m.h., "Bríd" becomes "Bríde." Not sure what the rule is there.

Redwolf