fiántas

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiántacht
• fiadhantacht, fiadhantas, fiadhántas, fiadhántus, fiantas (obsolete)

Etymology

From fiáin +‎ -tas.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲi.ɑːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

fiántas m (genitive singular fiántais, nominative plural)

1. wildness, savagery, fierceness
2. wilderness (uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state; a tract of such land)

Declension

Declension of fiántas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fiántas vocative a fhiántais genitive fiántais dative fiántas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fiántas genitive an fhiántais dative leis an bhfiántas don fhiántas

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiántas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiántas	fhiántas	bhfiántas

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiadántas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiaḋantas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiántas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN