fánaireacht

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

fánaireacht f (genitive singular fánaireachta)

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

Declension

Declension of fánaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative fánaireacht vocative a fhánaireacht genitive fánaireachta dative fánaireacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an fhánaireacht genitive na fánaireachta dative leis an bhfánaireacht don fhánaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fánaireacht	fhánaireacht	bhfánaireacht

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