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Achnandarach

Achadh nan Darach

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Meaning

the field of the oak trees


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG801312


English / Map Form: Achnandarach

Gaelic Form: Achadh nan Darach


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: PLOCKTON

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Achnandarach

Gaelic Form: Achadh nan Darach


Genitive Form: Achadh nan Darach

Language Notes

G nom. sg. achadh, masc. 'field' + gen. pl. masc. def. art. nan + gen. pl. of darach, masc. 'oak tree' = 'the field of the oak trees'

Element Meaning

G achadh &#126 field; darach &#126 oak tree

Sources

Achenadariache 1495 RMS ii no. 228
Auchnadarach 1681 RPS [1681/7/155]
Ach-nan-darach 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Achadh nan darach Watson 1904, 185
Ach-nan-darach Robertson
[‘ɑχnə,dɑrəχ] Geàrr-loch informant

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