English / Map Form: Arisaig
Gaelic Form: Àrasaig
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ARISAIG
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A830
English / Map Form: Arisaig
Gaelic Form: Àrasaig
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Arasech | 1250 Registrum de Passalet p.134 |
| Arrassage | 1371 RMS i no. 412 |
| Arassayk | 1373 RMS i no. 520 |
| Awrissaig | 1540 RSS ii no. 3236 |
| Arissaik | 1540 RSS ii no. 3750 |
| Arisaick | c. 1620 Pont text 85v |
| Arisaick | 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 156 |
| ArrysaigArrysaig | 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 221 |
| Arrasack | 1695 Retours (Argyll) no. 93 |
| Arisaig | 1654 Blaeu Map (Hebrides) |
| Àras-aig | Robertson MS363, 86 |
| Arasaig | Dieckhoff 1932, 181 [pronunciation infers Àrasaig] |
Additional Information
Dieckhoff gives the pronunciation Àrasaig as opposed to Arasaig, which concurs with the sources’ form.