airleacan

See also: airleacán

Irish

Alternative forms

• airleagadh

Etymology

Variant of airleagadh, from Old Irish airlicud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠl̠ʲəkənˠ/

Noun

airleacan m (genitive singular airelacain, nominative plural airelacain)

1. (banking, finance) loan (permission to borrow any item)

   Synonym: iasacht

2. (finance) advance (amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due)

Declension

Declension of airleacan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative airleacan airleacain vocative a airleacain a airleacana genitive airleacain airleacan dative airleacan airleacain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-airleacan na hairleacain genitive an airleacain na n-airleacan dative leis an airleacan don airleacan leis na hairleacain

Mutation

Mutated forms of airleacan

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airleacan	n-airleacan	hairleacan	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) “airleacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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 [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18