fánaíocht
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fánaí (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”) + -acht.
Noun
[edit]fánaíocht f (genitive singular fánaíochta)
- (act of) hiking, trecking, rambling
- Synonym: siúlóireacht
- (act of) wandering, vagrancy
- casualness, haphazardness
- aimlessness, purposelessness
- diminishment, decline
- (biology) drift
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- fánaíocht chainte (“rambling talk”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fánaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fánaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025