Job titles
Tiotalan obrach
Like English, job titles came from the objects performed on, or the actual tasks, so we see names like clachair, iasgair or sgrìobhadair and this pattern still persists in modern job titles such as dealbhadair. Other jobs have gendered titles, using fear- (fear-smàlaidh, fireman) or tè (tè-smàlaidh, firewoman), but we can use the gender-neutral neach- : neach-smàlaidh (fire-person).
banaltram
a nurse
fear-smàlaidh
a fireman
tè-smàlaidh
a firewoman
neach-smàlaidh
a firefighter