fánadóireacht

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

fánadóireacht f (genitive singular fánadóireachta)

1. Alternative form of fánaíocht (“(act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking; casualness, haphazardness; aimlessness, purposelessness; diminishment, decline; drift”)

Declension

Declension of fánadóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fánadóireacht vocative a fhánadóireacht genitive fánadóireachta dative fánadóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhánadóireacht genitive na fánadóireachta dative leis an bhfánadóireacht don fhánadóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánadóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fánadóireacht	fhánadóireacht	bhfánadóireacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánadóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fánadóireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025