àlainn

See also: alainn and álainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish álaind (“lovely, fine, splendid”);[1] *ad-lainn; See loinn. Stokes prefers referring it to áil (“pleasant”), *pagli-, English fair, root pag. But ra-laind (“pleasant”), *ad-pland (Holden).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːl̪ˠɪɲ/, (Lewis) [ˈɑːl̪ˠə̯ɪɲ][2]

Adjective

àlainn (comparative àilne)

  1. beautiful, fair, lovely.
    'S àlainn an gille bàn sin ann...! ― Beautiful is that flaxen-haired lad over there...!

Mutation

Mutation of àlainn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àlainn n-àlainn h-àlainn t-àlainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àlainn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “àlainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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