ainleag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Irish fáinleog), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
Noun
ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan)[1]
- swallow, barn swallow (hirundo rustica)[2]
- See gd:ainleag
Derived terms
- ainleag-dhubh
- ainleag-mhara
- ainleag-mhonaidh
References
- ainleag at 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; accessed 3 Feb 2015
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow at Encyclopedia of Life; accessed on 3 Feb 2015
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