alanna

From Irish a leanbh (“O child”).

alanna (uncountable)

1. (dialectal, Ireland, as a term of address) child
   • 1872, John Fiske, Myths and Myth-Makers‎:

     He was sentenced to be hung without any trial worth speaking of; but as he was carted to the gallows an old woman cried out, "Ach, Jimmy alanna!

   • 1902, M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), North, South and Over the Sea‎:

     Well, alanna," he continued in an altered tone, "don't be frettin' yourself anyway.

   • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot‎:

     Come here, alanna," said the voice, with mock fondness.

alanna

1. definite genitive plural of alur