fánach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fánach (genitive singular masculine fánaigh, genitive singular feminine fánaí, plural fánacha, comparative fánaí)
- wandering, straying, vagrant
- pointless (having no purpose), aimless, purposeless; vain, futile
- casual, haphazard
- occasional, rare
- trivial, insignificant
- sparse
- random (all outcomes being unpredictable)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
| 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. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fánaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297
- Entries containing “fánach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fánach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.