airleacán
See also: airleacan
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French Harlequin (probably of Germanic origin), assimilated to the suffix -acán. Compare English harlequin, Middle French Harlequin.
Noun
airleacán m (genitive singular airleacáin, nominative plural airleacáin)
Declension
Declension of airleacán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- airleacánacht f (“(act of) fooling, play-acting; harlequinade”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airleacán | n-airleacán | hairleacán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airleacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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