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fánach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From fán +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fánach (genitive singular masculine fánaigh, genitive singular feminine fánaí, plural fánacha, comparative fánaí)

  1. wandering, straying, vagrant
  2. pointless (having no purpose), aimless, purposeless; vain, futile
  3. casual, haphazard
  4. occasional, rare
  5. trivial, insignificant
  6. sparse
  7. random (all outcomes being unpredictable)

Declension

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Declension of fánach
singular plural (m/f)
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

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Mutated forms of fánach
radical lenition eclipsis
fánach fhánach bhfánach

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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