English / Map Form: Achahoish
Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Chòis
Location: Knapdale, Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Achahoish
Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Chòis
Language Notes
G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of G còs, masc. ‘hollow’ = ‘field of the hollow’Element Meaning
achadh ~ field; cos ~ hollow
Sources
| Achatechoish | 1654 Blaeu map Knapdale |
| Auchachoise | 1691 Justiciary Records of Argyll, 84 |
| Achadh a’ chòis | MacMillan 1960 |
| Achadh a’ Chothais | Robertson |