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fánach
  1.  aimless(adj)
  2.  casual(adj)(by chance)
  3.  casual(adj)(by chance)
  4.  haphazard(adj)
  5.  occasional
  6.  random(adj)
  7.  trifling(adj)
  8.  trivial(adj)
  9.  tenuous(point, argument)
Usage
  1. go fánach = casually(adv)
  2. go fánach = at random(n:)
  3. fanacht le = to wait for
  4. fanacht le cóir = to bide one's time(vt:)
  5. fanacht amach as = to stand aloof from(adv:)
  6. fanacht i do thost = to remain silent
  7. "ceaduithe fanachta" = residence permit
  8. duine a choinneáil ag fanacht = to keep somebody waiting
  9. b'fhearr liom imeacht ná fanacht = I'd rather go than stay
  10. measfar an t-alt sin fanacht i lánfheidhm = the said section shall be deemed to remain in full force
  11. tá me ag fanacht leat le dhá uair an chloig = I've been waiting for you for two hours
  12. a chumasú do dhuine tar éis a éalaithe fanacht go neamhdhleathach ar a shaoirse = to enable a person after escape to remain unlawfully at large
  13. beidh sé i dteideal fanacht cláraithe amhlaidh ar feadh ré reatha na chéad bhliana eile = he shall be entitled to remain so registered for the duration of the next following year
  14. ní féidir don inneall fanacht ag gluaiseacht gan fios agus gan toiliú an duine atá ar tí an t-inneall a ghlanadh = the machine cannot remain in motion without the knowledge and consent of the person who is about to clean the machine
  15. ní mór don chineál a bheith cobhsaí ina shaintréithe bunúsacha, ní mór fanacht dílis don tuairisc a tugadh air, an timthriall atáirgthe nó iolraithe = the variety must be stable in its essential characteristics, it must remain true to its description as given, a particular cycle of reproduction or multiplication
  16. leas atá chomh fánach nó chomh beag sin nach inmheasta le réasún gur dóigh dó dul i gcion ar dhuine agus é ag breithniú nó ag plé aon cheist maidir leis an ábhar = an interest which is so remote or insignificant that it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to influence a person in considering or discussing any question with regard to the matter
  17. dul isteach ar bhruacha nó imill aon aibhneacha a thaithíos bradáin nó bric nó ar bhruacha nó imill a suainmheachán agus gabháil tríothu nó ar a bhfeadh nó fanacht orthu = enter into and pass through or along and remain on the banks or borders of any rivers frequented by salmon or trout or of the tributaries thereof
  18. ba bhaol nó dochar d'ábaltacht an chinn eile fanacht i mbun trádála cibé acu mar gheall ar an méid idirspleáchais airgeadais nó mar gheall ar chomhbhainistíocht shubstaintiúil = it would jeopardise or prejudice the ability of the other of them to continue trading whether by reason of the degree of financial interdependence or of a substantial common management
  19. suíodh an chúis a tugadh in aghaidh an Uachtaráin agus an mí-iompar ba shiocair don chúiseamh gur mí-iompar é a bhfuil sé neamhoiriúnach dá dheasca chun fanacht i seilbh oifige = the charge preferred against the President has been sustained and that the misbehaviour the subject of the charge was such as to render him unfit to continue in office