fánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fánach (genitive singular masculine fánaigh, genitive singular feminine fánaí, plural fánacha, comparative fánaí)
- wandering, straying, vagrant
- pointless (having no purpose), aimless, purposeless; vain, futile
- casual, haphazard
- occasional, rare
- trivial, insignificant
- sparse
- random (all outcomes being unpredictable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fánach | fhánach | fánacha; fhánacha² | |
Vocative | fhánaigh | fánacha | ||
Genitive | fánaí | fánacha | fánach | |
Dative | fánach; fhánach¹ |
fhánach; fhánaigh (archaic) |
fánacha; fhánacha² | |
Comparative | níos fánaí | |||
Superlative | is fánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fánach | fhánach | bhfánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fánaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024