fánaí

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare fán.

Noun

fánaí m (genitive singular fánaí, nominative plural fánaithe)

  1. wanderer, vagrant
  2. casual worker; potterer
  3. odd, chance, casual, person
Declension
Declension of fánaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fánaí fánaithe
vocative a fhánaí a fhánaithe
genitive fánaí fánaithe
dative fánaí fánaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fánaí na fánaithe
genitive an fhánaí na bhfánaithe
dative leis an bhfánaí
don fhánaí 		leis na fánaithe
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • fánaíocht f (“(act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking; casualness, haphazardness; aimlessness, purposelessness; diminishment, decline; drift”)

Etymology 2

Noun

fánaí f (genitive singular fánaí)

  1. wandering, vagrancy
  2. casualness, haphazardness
  3. scarceness, rareness
Declension
Declension of fánaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fánaí
vocative a fhánaí
genitive fánaí
dative fánaí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhánaí
genitive na fánaí
dative leis an bhfánaí
don fhánaí
Derived terms
  • fear fánaí (“casual, haphazard, worker”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

fánaí

  1. inflection of fánach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Etymology 4

Noun

fánaí f pl

  1. plural of fána (“downward slope, declivity; depression, hollow; droop”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánaí
radical lenition eclipsis
fánaí fhánaí bhfánaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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