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

Etymology 2

Noun

àilleagan m pl

plural of àilleag

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“áillecán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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