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Ashaig

Aisig


Meaning

ash-bay (N)


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG692238


English / Map Form: Ashaig

Gaelic Form: Aisig


Location: Breakish

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Ashaig

Gaelic Form: Aisig


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Aisig, Cladh Aisig: Robertson MSs

Uisg Aisig ‘s bainne Airdnis: Forbes, 52

This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:

“Ashaig is understood locally as aiseag, ‘ferry’, which fits the topography you will find here. The name however is always presented without an article and with a slender vowel ending, Aisig. This is unexpected for a name derived from the word aiseag. It is therefore possible that the name is Norse in origin: æsk-víkr, ‘ash-bay’, and named from the tree.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 38

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