fánaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fánaí (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

fánaíocht f (genitive singular fánaíochta)

  1. (act of) hiking, trecking, rambling
    Synonym: siúlóireacht
  2. (act of) wandering, vagrancy
  3. casualness, haphazardness
  4. aimlessness, purposelessness
  5. diminishment, decline
  6. (biology) drift

Declension

Declension of fánaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fánaíocht
vocative a fhánaíocht
genitive fánaíochta
dative fánaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhánaíocht
genitive na fánaíochta
dative leis an bhfánaíocht
don fhánaíocht

Derived terms

  • fánaíocht chainte (“rambling talk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánaíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
fánaíocht fhánaíocht bhfánaíocht

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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