English / Map Form: Balvraid
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Bhràghaid
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Balvraid
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Bhràghaid
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘township’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. bràighElement Meaning
G baile ~ township/farm; bràighe ~ brae
Sources
| Biallvraid | 1724 Rental of Glenelg |
| Ballivraid | 1820 Thomson |
| Balavriaid | 1824 Rental of the Glenelg Estate |
| Baile a’ Bhràghaid | Robertson |
| b̥alə vra:əd: | Diack MS2276 |
| Baile a’ bhraghad | Murchison 1950 |
Additional Information
The 1724 form suggests beul ‘mouth’.