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

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airleacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN