àilleagan

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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àilleagan m (genitive singular àilleagain, plural àilleagain or àilleagana)

  1. little jewel
  2. term of affection for a young person, pretty maid
    Soraidh slàn dhan àilleagan!
    Farewell to the pretty maid!
  3. toy
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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àilleagan m pl

  1. plural of àilleag

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àilleagan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áillecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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