fiannaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiannaigheacht, fiannaidheacht (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish fíanaigecht. By surface analysis, fiann +‎ -aíocht.

Noun

fiannaíocht f (genitive singular fiannaíochta)

1. service with ancient warrior band; service in Fianna
2. stories, lays, of the Fianna; ancient lore; romantic story-telling
3. (capitalized) Fenian Cycle

Declension

Declension of fiannaíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fiannaíocht vocative a fhiannaíocht genitive fiannaíochta dative fiannaíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhiannaíocht genitive na fiannaíochta dative leis an bhfiannaíocht don fhiannaíocht

Synonyms

• féinníocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiannaíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiannaíocht	fhiannaíocht	bhfiannaíocht

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féinniḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 309
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiannaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiannaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíanaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “an Fhiannaíocht”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024, retrieved October 15, 2023