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)
   • See gd:ainleag

Derived terms

• ainleag-dhubh
• ainleag-mhara
• ainleag-mhonaidh

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áilleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fainleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language