áilleagán

See also: àilleagan

Irish

Alternative forms
  • áilleacán
  • áilleán

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative áilleagán áilleagáin
Vocative a áilleagáin a áilleagána
Genitive áilleagáin áilleagán
Dative áilleagán áilleagáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
  • áilleagánacht f (“(act of) toying, trifling”)
  • áilleagán mná m (“useless pretty woman”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
áilleagán n-áilleagán háilleagán t-áilleagán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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