airleacánacht

Irish

Etymology

From airleacán (“harlequin; playboy”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

airleacánacht f (genitive singular airleacánachta)

1. (act of) fooling, play-acting; harlequinade

Declension

Declension of airleacánacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative airleacánacht vocative a airleacánacht genitive airleacánachta dative airleacánacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an airleacánacht genitive na hairleacánachta dative leis an airleacánacht don airleacánacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of airleacánacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airleacánacht	n-airleacánacht	hairleacánacht	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “airleacánacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN