fánaí

Irish

Noun 1

fánaí m (genitive singular fánaí, nominative plural fánaithe)

wanderer, vagrant
casual worker; potterer
odd, chance, casual, person

Declension

Declension of fánaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fánaí	fánaithe
Vocative	a fhánaí	a fhánaithe
Genitive	fánaí	fánaithe
Dative	fánaí	fánaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fánaí	na fánaithe
Genitive	an fhánaí	na bhfánaithe
Dative	leis an bhfánaí don fhánaí	leis na fánaithe

Alternative forms

fánadóir m

Noun 2

fánaí f (genitive singular fánaí)

Declension

Declension of fánaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	fánaí
Vocative	a fhánaí
Genitive	fánaí
Dative	fánaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an fhánaí
Genitive	na fánaí
Dative	leis an bhfánaí don fhánaí

Derived terms

fear fánaí (“casual, haphazard, worker”)

Adjective

fánaí

genitive singular feminine of fánach
comparative degree of fánach

Noun 3

fánaí f pl

plural of fána (“downward slope, declivity; depression, hollow; droop”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fánaí	fhánaí	bhfánaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"fánaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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