fánaire

Irish

Etymology

From fán +‎ -aire.

Noun

fánaire m (genitive singular fánaire, nominative plural fánairí)

1. Synonym of fánaí (“wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person”)

Declension

Declension of fánaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fánaire fánairí vocative a fhánaire a fhánairí genitive fánaire fánairí dative fánaire fánairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fánaire na fánairí genitive an fhánaire na bhfánairí dative leis an bhfánaire don fhánaire leis na fánairí

Derived terms

• fánaireacht f (“(act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking; casualness, haphazardness; aimlessness, purposelessness; diminishment, decline; drift”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fánaire	fhánaire	bhfánaire

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) “fánaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN