áilleagán

See also: àilleagan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • áilleacán, áilleán, failleagán, fáilleagán

Etymology

From Middle Irish áillecán (“toy, plaything”).

Noun

áilleagán m (genitive singular áilleagáin, nominative plural áilleagáin)

  1. toy
  2. trinket
  3. doll

Declension

Declension of áilleagán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative áilleagán áilleagáin
vocative a áilleagáin a áilleagána
genitive áilleagáin áilleagán
dative áilleagán áilleagáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-áilleagán na háilleagáin
genitive an áilleagáin na n-áilleagán
dative leis an áilleagán
don áilleagán 		leis na háilleagáin

Derived terms

  • áilleagán drúise, áilleagán gnéis (“sex object”)
  • áilleagán intreach (“whirligig, roundabout”)
  • áilleagán mná (“useless pretty woman”)
  • áilleagánacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of áilleagán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áilleagán n-áilleagán háilleagán t-áilleagán

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

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