àilleagan
التعريفات والمعاني
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Irish áillecán (“toy, plaything”).
==== Noun ====
àilleagan m (genitive singular àilleagain, plural àilleagain or àilleagana)
little jewel
term of affection for a young person, pretty maid
toy
===== Synonyms =====
(toy): cluicheag, dèideag
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
àilleagan m pl
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