English / Map Form: Achachork
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Choirce
Location: Skye, Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Achachork
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Choirce
Genitive Form: Achadh a' Choirce
Language Notes
G nom. sg. achadh, masc. 'field' + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of coirce, masc. 'oatsElement Meaning
G achadh ~ field; coirce ~ oats
Sources
Lòn Achadh a’ Choirce | 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
Ach a chorc | Robertson |
Achadh coirce ‘corn field’ | Forbes 1923, 25 |
Achadh a’ Choirce. ‘Oat field’ | Mac an Tàilleir 2003 |
Ach’ a’ Choirce | local source, Sgianaidean |
Ach’ a’ Choirce | Geàrr-loch |
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