English / Map Form: Balnaknock
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Chnuic
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Balnaknock
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Chnuic
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile, masc. 'town' + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of G cnoc, masc. 'hill' = 'the farm of the hill'.Element Meaning
G baile town; cnoc hill
Sources
| Balnaknock | 1882 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Bail A Chnoc (or Chnuic) | Forbes, 57 |
| [`bɑlnəkrõk] | Local source, Sgianaidean |
Additional Information
The na in the anglicised (and the local source’s) version could represent either an original Baile a’ Chnuic or Baile nan Cnoc. The former seems more likely, with a fossilised version of the masculine singular genitive article represented as a feminine. See Culnacnoc for a similar issue.
