fánaireacht

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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
case singular
nominative fánaireacht
vocative a fhánaireacht
genitive fánaireachta
dative fánaireacht
forms with the definite article
case 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.

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