tòirleum

tòirleum
a mighty leap; cf. Early Irish tairlingim, jump out of, jump off, alight, turlaim (inf.): *to-air-ling-, for which See leum. Hence tòirlinn, alight (M`A.).

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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