fánaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From fánaire (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

fánaireacht f (genitive singular fánaireachta)

1. Alternative form of fánaíocht (“(act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking; casualness, haphazardness; aimlessness, purposelessness; diminishment, decline; drift”)

Declension

Declension of fánaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fánaireacht Vocative a fhánaireacht Genitive fánaireachta Dative fánaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhánaireacht Genitive na fánaireachta Dative leis an bhfánaireacht don fhánaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fánaireacht	fhánaireacht	bhfánaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN