àlainn
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish álaind (“lovely, fine, splendid”); *ad-lainn; See loinn. Stokes prefers referring it to áil (“pleasant”), *pagli-, English fair, root pag. But ra-laind (“pleasant”), *ad-pland (Holden).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aːɫ̪ɪɲ], /aːɫ̪ɪɲ/
Adjective
àlainn (comparative àilne)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
àlainn | n-àlainn | h-àlainn | t-àlainn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “álaind”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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