ailén

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From ail (“boulder, rock”) +‎ -én, though this may be a folk-etymological alteration of Old Norse eyland. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.lʲeːn/ === Noun === ailén m (genitive ailéoin, nominative plural ailéoin) island Synonym: inis ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: oileán Manx: ellan Scottish Gaelic: eilean === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language