ainleag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Irish fáinleog), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
Noun
Wikispecies
ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan)[1]
- swallow, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)[2]
- See gd:ainleag
Derived terms
- ainleag-dhubh
- ainleag-mhara
- ainleag-mhonaidh
References
- ainleag at Edward Dwelly (1911), “ainleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed 3 Feb 2015
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow at Encyclopedia of Life; accessed on 3 Feb 2015
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áilleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fainleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language