fiántas

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiántacht
• fiadhantacht, fiadhantas, fiadhántas, fiadhántus, fiantas (obsolete)

Etymology

From fiánta +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲi.ɑːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

fiántas m (genitive singular fiántais, nominative plural)

1. wildness, savagery, fierceness
2. wilderness (uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state; a tract of such land)

Declension

Declension of fiántas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fiántas Vocative a fhiántais Genitive fiántais Dative fiántas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fiántas Genitive an fhiántais Dative leis an bhfiántas don fhiántas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiántas	fhiántas	bhfiántas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiadántas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiaḋantas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiántas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN