fánaí
Irish
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare fán.
Noun
editfánaí m (genitive singular fánaí, nominative plural fánaithe)
Declension
editDeclension of fánaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- fánaíocht f (“(act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking; casualness, haphazardness; aimlessness, purposelessness; diminishment, decline; drift”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editfánaí f (genitive singular fánaí)
Declension
editDeclension of fánaí
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- fear fánaí (“casual, haphazard, worker”)
Etymology 3
editAdjective
editfánaí
- inflection of fánach:
Etymology 4
editNoun
editfánaí f pl
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fánaí | fhánaí | bhfánaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fánaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fánaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024