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)

  1. glorious, illustrious, noble, famed, prominent, renowned, excellent

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “allail”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN