àilleag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àilleag n-àilleag h-àilleag t-àilleag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.