allail

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish all, aill, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic base *al- related to Latin altus (“high, exalted”).[1] Compare Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), *altos (“height”).

Adjective[edit]

allail (comparative allaile)

  1. glorious, illustrious, noble, famed, prominent, renowned, excellent

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “allail”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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