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àlainn

àlainn

See also: alainn and álainn

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

àlainn (comparative àlainne)

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

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àlainn n-àlainn h-àlainn t-àlainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • álaind” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.