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Ard Dorch

An Àird Dorcha

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Meaning

the dark headland


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG574288


English / Map Form: Ard Dorch

Gaelic Form: An Àird Dorcha


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Ard Dorch

Gaelic Form: An Àird Dorcha


Language Notes

G nom. sg. fem. art. an + nom. sg. àird, fem. 'height' + dorch(a), 'dark' (with lack of lenition due to preceding homophone) = 'the dark height'

Element Meaning

G àird &#126 headland, promontory; dorch(a) &#126 dark

Sources

Ard Dorch 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
an t-Ard Dorch Robertson
Ard Dorch ‘the dark height’ Forbes 1923, 50
An Àird Dorcha OS Landranger

Additional Information

Sgianaidean source confirmed the lack of expected lenition in dorch. Robertson’s form seems to reflect the changing of the gender of àird from feminine to masculine, perhaps to explain the lack of expected lenition in the adjective.

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