fanacht

fanacht

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈnˠɑxt̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑnˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠanˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠanˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

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

• anamhain, anamhaint, anmhain

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fanacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fanacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fanacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15