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fánaíocht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Declension of fánaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fánaíocht
vocative a fhánaíocht
genitive fánaíochta
dative fánaíocht

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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