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.
