feidhmeannas

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhmannas
• aidhmeannas
• feadhmannas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare feidhm f (“function; use, service; work, office, duty; undertaking, task; attempt, effort; achievement, prowess; need”).

Noun

feidhmeannas m (genitive singular feidhmeannais)

1. function, service
2. office, capacity
3. position, employment

Declension

Declension of feidhmeannas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative feidhmeannas Vocative a fheidhmeannais Genitive feidhmeannais Dative feidhmeannas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an feidhmeannas Genitive an fheidhmeannais Dative leis an bhfeidhmeannas don fheidhmeannas

Related terms

• feidhmeannach (“functional; capable, efficient; forceful, strong”, adjective)
• feidhmeannach m (“functionary, official; executor, executive; agent, servant”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feidhmeannas	fheidhmeannas	bhfeidhmeannas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feidhmeannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN