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

Wikispecies

ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan)[1]

  1. swallow, barn swallow (hirundo rustica)[2]

Derived terms

References
  1. 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
  2. Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow at Encyclopedia of Life; accessed on 3 Feb 2015
  • “áilleóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fainleóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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