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Achany

Achadh a' Chanaich

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Location

Highland

NC568013


English / Map Form: Achany

Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Chanaich


Location: Ardgay ~ Àird Ghaoithe

Post Town: Ardgay ~ Àird Ghaoithe

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Achany

Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Chanaich


Language Notes

G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of G canach, masc. ‘cotton sedge’ = ‘field of the cotton sedge’

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Sources

Auchanne 1553 Sutherland Charters (from OPS)
Auchannye 1564 RSS vol 5 no. 1704
Auchannye 1566 RSS vol 5 no. 2718
Auchannye x2 1566 Sutherland Charters no 103
Achany 1820 Thomson

Abhadh-a-chanaich, (sic) field of the moss cotton: MacKay Sutherland Place-names TGSI XX 1895

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