àilleag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps from àille (“beauty, comeliness”) +‎ -ag.

Noun

àilleag m (genitive singular àilleig, plural àilleagan or àilleagana)

  1. jewel, gewgaw
  2. pretty young maid
    Nach cuimhne leat an àilleag?
    Do you not remember the pretty young maid?

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
àilleagn-àilleagh-àilleagt-àilleag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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