áilleagán
See also: àilleagan
Irish
Alternative forms
- áilleacán, áilleán, failleagán, fáilleagán
Etymology
From Middle Irish áillecán (“toy, plaything”).
Declension
Declension of áilleagán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- áilleagán drúise, áilleagán gnéis (“sex object”)
- áilleagán intreach (“whirligig, roundabout”)
- áilleagán mná (“useless pretty woman”)
- áilleagánacht
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| áilleagán | n-áilleagán | háilleagán | t-áilleagán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áilleagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áillecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “áilleagán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “áilleagán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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