àilleagan

See also: áilleagán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

(toy): cluicheag, dèideag

Noun

àilleagan m pl

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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