fánaíocht

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From fánaí (wanderer, vagrant; casual worker; potterer; odd, chance, casual, person) +‎ -acht.

Noun[edit]

fánaíocht f (genitive singular fánaíochta)

  1. (act of) wandering, vagrancy; (act of) rambling, roving; hiking
  2. casualness, haphazardness
  3. aimlessness, purposelessness
  4. diminishment, decline
  5. (biology) drift

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fánaíocht fhánaíocht bhfánaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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