fánadóir

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Irish

Etymology

From fán +‎ -adóir.

Noun

fánadóir m (genitive singular fánadóra, nominative plural fánadóirí)

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

Declension

Declension of fánadóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fánadóir fánadóirí
vocative a fhánadóir a fhánadóirí
genitive fánadóra fánadóirí
dative fánadóir fánadóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fánadóir na fánadóirí
genitive an fhánadóra na bhfánadóirí
dative leis an bhfánadóir
don fhánadóir 		leis na fánadóirí

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánadóir
radical lenition eclipsis
fánadóir fhánadóir bhfánadóir

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

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