allail
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish all, aill, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic base *al- related to Latin altus (“high, exalted”).[1] Compare Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), *altos (“height”).
Adjective edit
allail (comparative allaile)
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “allail”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN