àilleag

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
àilleag	n-àilleag	h-àilleag	t-àilleag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.