fiannaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiannaigheacht, fiannaidheacht (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish fíanaigecht. By surface analysis, fiann +‎ -aíocht.

Noun

fiannaíocht f (genitive singular fiannaíochta)

1. service with ancient warrior band; service in Fianna
2. stories, lays, of the Fianna; ancient lore; romantic story-telling
3. (capitalized) Fenian Cycle

Declension

Declension of fiannaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fiannaíocht Vocative a fhiannaíocht Genitive fiannaíochta Dative fiannaíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhiannaíocht Genitive na fiannaíochta Dative leis an bhfiannaíocht don fhiannaíocht

Synonyms

• féinníocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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