Scottish Gaelic

Noun

àilleagan m ‎(genitive singular àilleagain, plural àilleagain or àilleagana)

1. little jewel
2. term of affection for a young person, pretty maid
   • Soraidh slàn dhan àilleagan!‎

     Farewell to the pretty maid!

3. toy

Synonyms

• (toy): cluicheag, dèideag

Etymology 2

Noun

àilleagan m pl

1. plural of àilleag

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “áillecán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.