alannah

British  

/ əˈlænə /

interjection

1. my child: used as a term of address or endearment

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Etymology

Origin of alannah

from Irish Gaelic a leanbh

Example Sentences

"Hush, alannah, I will tell you another time."

From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William

Woods: "My heart's far away with the Colleen I adore; Eileen alannah; Angus asthor."

From With Manchesters in the East by Hurst, Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley), Sir

God knows, Dick, you get far from fair play, acushla—far from the ating and drinking that other people's childher get, that hasn't as good a skin to put it in as you, alannah!

From The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

“Bad was the bist then, alannah, bad cess to it!” said he.

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

Begorrah, it’s wishin’ I am, I stood in ye’r shoes, alannah, an’ I wouldn’t care for to call the Pope me ouncle, God bless him!”

From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Austin, Henry