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Where does “áille” come from?

áille (Irish) comes from Old Irish áilde, from Old Irish álaind — beautiful; fine, splendid, lovely.

áille (Irish): beauty; inflection of álainn : ## genitive...

Definitions

  1. beauty; inflection of álainn : ## genitive...

Ancestry of “áille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irisháilde—
2Old Irishálaindbeautiful; fine, splendid, lovely
Every word from Old Irish álaind →