fánaíocht
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom fánaí (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”) + -acht.
Noun
editfánaíocht f (genitive singular fánaíochta)
- (act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking
- casualness, haphazardness
- aimlessness, purposelessness
- diminishment, decline
- (biology) drift
Declension
editDeclension of fánaíocht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- fánaíocht chainte (“rambling talk”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fánaíocht | fhánaíocht | bhfánaíocht |
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) “fánaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fánaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fánaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024