Achmony
Achadh a' Mhonaidh
Meaning
field of the moor/mountain
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NH502307
English / Map Form: Achmony
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Mhonaidh
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: INVERNESS
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Achmony
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Mhonaidh
Language Notes
G sg. masc. achadh, nom. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of monadh, 'moor, mountain'Element Meaning
G achadh ~ field + monadh ~ moor, mountain
Sources
| Auchmunie | 1334 Moray Reg. 138 |
| Auchmunedy | 1386 Moray Reg. 168 |
| Terras de Auchmony | 1451 Moray Reg. 193 |
| Auchmony | ?1548 RMS, iv no 204 [n. 2]] |
| terris de Auchmonye | c. 1570? Moray Reg 318 |
| terris de Auchmonye | c. 1570? Moray Reg 319 |
| Ach’ a’ Mhonaidh – The Field of the Moor | MacKay, 1914 ‘Urquhart and Glenmoriston’, 580 |
| aXe vuni, ‘hill’ | Diack MS2276 |
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