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Beinn Bhrotain

Beinn a' Bhrodain


Upland

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH21

NN954922


English / Map Form: Beinn Bhrotain

Gaelic Form: Beinn a' Bhrodain


Location: Kinguissie

Post Town: KINGUSSIE

Postcode area: PH21

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Beinn Bhrotain

Gaelic Form: Beinn a' Bhrodain


Language Notes

 G nom. sg. beinn fem. ‘mountain’ + G gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. masc. of brodan masc. ‘bog’

Sources

Ping vrottan: Diack MS2276
Ben vrotten: Alexander, Some Name Pronunciations
be̤nˈvro̤tɐn … Ping vrottan (D): A. Watson 1984, 21
Beinn-na-Vrotan: Robertson map [from A. Watson 1984, 21]

Additional Information

Munro M019 1157m

Dwelly gives ‘bog’ as the meaning for brodan sg.

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