fiannaíocht
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Irish fíanaigecht. By surface analysis, fiann + -aíocht.
Noun
editfiannaíocht f (genitive singular fiannaíochta)
- service with ancient warrior band; service in Fianna
- stories, lays, of the Fianna; ancient lore; romantic story-telling
- (capitalized) Fenian Cycle
Declension
editDeclension of fiannaíocht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiannaíocht | fhiannaíocht | bhfiannaíocht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féinniḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 309
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiannaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiannaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíanaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “an Fhiannaíocht”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024, retrieved October 15, 2023