áillecán

Middle Irish

Etymology

From áille (“beauty”) +‎ -ecán (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːl͈ʲəɡaːn/

Noun

áillecán m

1. toy, plaything

Descendants

• Irish: áilleagán
• Scottish Gaelic: àilleagan

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áillecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language