fánaíocht
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fánaí (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”) + -acht.
Noun
fánaíocht f (genitive singular fánaíochta)
- (act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking
- casualness, haphazardness
- aimlessness, purposelessness
- diminishment, decline
- (biology) drift
Declension
Declension of fánaíocht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fánaíocht chainte (“rambling talk”)
Mutation
| Irish 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
- "fánaíocht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “fánaíocht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fánaíocht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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