fanacht

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠəˈn̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ/[1]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑnəxt̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈfˠanˠəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠan̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠanˠa(x)t̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠan̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

fanacht m (genitive singular fanachta)

  1. verbal noun of fan
  2. wait, stay, waiting
  3. (law) stay

Declension
Declension of fanacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fanacht
Vocative a fhanacht
Genitive fanachta
Dative fanacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fanacht
Genitive an fhanachta
Dative leis an bhfanacht

don fhanacht

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fanacht fhanacht bhfanacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

Further reading
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