àilleag

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Mutation of àilleag
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àilleag n-àilleag h-àilleag t-àilleag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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