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Barnluasgan

Bàrr an Luasgain

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Argyll & Bute

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English / Map Form: Barnluasgan

Gaelic Form: Bàrr an Luasgain


Location: Knapdale, Argyll

Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Barnluasgan

Gaelic Form: Bàrr an Luasgain


Language Notes

Perhaps G sg. masc. bàrr, nom. ‘top’, ‘summit’ + gen. sg. masc. art. an + gen. sg. of luasgan, masc. ‘tottering, shaking’’ ‘summit of shaking’

Element Meaning

bàrr ~ top, summit; luasgan ~ tottering, shaking

Sources

Barloisken 1654 Blaeu Knapdale
Barlaskin 1747-55 Roy
Barinluskan 1820 Thomson
Baranloisgan 1912 Bartholomew
G. Bàrr an luasgain, ‘height of the shaking…’ Sometimes given as Bàrr an loisgein, G. for ‘height of the pimpernel’. MacMillan 1960
Barr an Luasgain Robertson Collection MS 370, 63
Barr an Luasgain movement, jolt Nils Holmer notebook

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