English / Map Form: Aboyne
Gaelic Form: Abèidh
Post Town: ABOYNE
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Aboyne
Gaelic Form: Abèidh
Genitive Form: Abèidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| A-bèidh | Watson in Dwelly |
| a-pei, abaei, a-bei | Diack Place-names of the North Eastern Highlands, 168 |
| A-béidh | Watson- CW67, 142 [page entitled ‘From R Burn’] |
A comparison of the Gaelic name with the present one shows that the latter, Aboyne, with its final n, is the older form of the two. The English sound now tends to follow the spelling Aboyne. But the dialect says Abine (phonetically abEin oe abeIn, the dipthong being about the same as in the Gaelic). MacDonald’s note in Place-names of the North Eastern Highlands, 168
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