airleacán

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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)

  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

Mutation

Mutated forms of airleacán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airleacán n-airleacán hairleacán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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