airleacán
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See also: airleacan
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French Harlequin (probably of Germanic origin), assimilated to the suffix -acán. Compare English harlequin, Middle French Harlequin.
Noun
[edit]airleacán m (genitive singular airleacáin, nominative plural airleacáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of airleacán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- airleacánacht f (“(act of) fooling, play-acting; harlequinade”)
Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airleacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN