ainleag

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === aileag, aimhleig, ainlinn, ainnleag, amhlag, annlag, falbhag, fainleag, fainnleag, fairleag, fanlag, fannlag === Etymology === From Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Irish fáinleog), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish gwennel, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). === Noun === ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan) swallow, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) swift martin stormy petrel ==== Derived terms ==== ainleag-dhubh ainleag-mhara ainleag-mhonaidh === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “ainleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN