fánach

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Irish

Etymology

From fán +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fánach (genitive singular masculine fánaigh, genitive singular feminine fánaí, plural fánacha, comparative fánaí)

  1. wandering, straying, vagrant
  2. pointless (having no purpose), aimless, purposeless; vain, futile
  3. casual, haphazard
  4. occasional, rare
  5. trivial, insignificant
  6. sparse
  7. random (all outcomes being unpredictable)

Declension

Declension of fánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fánach fhánach fánacha;
fhánacha²
Vocative fhánaigh fánacha
Genitive fánaí fánacha fánach
Dative fánach;
fhánach¹ 		fhánach;
fhánaigh (archaic) 		fánacha;
fhánacha²
Comparative níos fánaí
Superlative is fánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fánach fhánach bhfánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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