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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airleacan	n-airleacan	hairleacan	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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