àilleagan

See also: áilleagán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
Synonyms

Noun

àilleagan m pl

  1. plural of àilleag

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àilleagan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áillecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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