àilleagan

See also: áilleagán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áillecán (“toy, plaything”).

Noun

àilleagan m (genitive singular àilleagain, plural àilleagain or àilleagana)

1. little jewel
2. term of affection for a young person, pretty maid

   Soraidh slàn dhan àilleagan!

   Farewell to the pretty maid!

3. toy

Synonyms

• (toy): cluicheag, dèideag

Etymology 2

Noun

àilleagan m pl

1. plural of àilleag

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “àilleagan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áillecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language