Balephuil

Baile a' Phuill

Meaning

town of mud

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

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English / Map Form: Balephuil

Gaelic Form: Baile a' Phuill

Location: Tiree, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF TIREE

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Balephuil

Gaelic Form: Baile a' Phuill

Language Notes

G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. poll

Element Meaning

G baile, ‘town’ + a’ poll, mud

Sources

Balefuil 1654 Blaeu

Baile Phuill Brownlie
Literally ‘the town of mud’ evidently in connection with Loch a’ Phuill, which is
less than a mile to the north: Beveridge, 1903, 93
Bail’ a’ phuill: MacDougall & Cameron, 1938, 104
Baile Phuill: Carmina Gadelica vol iii, 190

Additional Information

Also in the song Fuadach Bhaile a’ Phuil and elsewhere.