airleacán

See also: airleacan

Irish

Alternative forms

• arlacan

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)

1. (theater, etc.) harlequin
2. playboy

Declension

Declension of airleacán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative airleacán airleacáin Vocative a airleacáin a airleacána Genitive airleacáin airleacán Dative airleacán airleacáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airleacán na hairleacáin Genitive an airleacáin na n-airleacán Dative leis an airleacán don airleacán leis na hairleacáin

Derived terms

• airleacánacht f (“(act of) fooling, play-acting; harlequinade”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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