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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of airleagadh, from Old Irish airlicud.
Pronunciation
Noun
airleacan m (genitive singular airelacain, nominative plural airelacain)
- (banking, finance) loan (permission to borrow any item)
- Synonym: iasacht
- (finance) advance (amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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airleacan
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n-airleacan
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hairleacan
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airleacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airlicud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “airleacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 17
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18