• English
  • Gàidhlig
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Checkout
  • Cart
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA)

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us
previous postnext post
  • Info
  • Location
  • Research Notes

Beinn Fhada

A’ Bheinn Fhada


Upland

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV40

NH018192


English / Map Form: Beinn Fhada

Gaelic Form: A’ Bheinn Fhada


Post Town: KYLE

Postcode area: IV40

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Beinn Fhada

Gaelic Form: A’ Bheinn Fhada


Language Notes

G nom. sg. fem. def. art. a’ (leniting) + G nom. sg. beinn fem. ‘mountain’ + nom. sg. lenited adj. fada fem. ‘long’

Sources

Beinn fhada, “long hill”: MacKinnon, Scotsman

(a) Bheinn-fhada: Robertson’ s notes on MacKinnon lecture [followed by: ‘if that is the right etymology of that name’ ]

best known as Ben Attow, the long hill.: Watson 1904, 174

Beinn Fhada: Watson in Dwelly

a’ Bhinn Fhada: Robertson

A’ Bheinn Fhada: Watson Rosg Gàidhlig, 1915, 40 [Their cuid gu’ m b’ e Beinn Ghuilbinn seann ainm na beinne ris an abair sinn a nis a’ Bheinn Fhada]

A’ Bheinn Fhada: Watson, Ross and Cromarty 1924, 8

Should be A’ Bheinn Fhada, the long mountain: The Western Highlands, 1947 James A. Parker [notes supplied by Watson]

Additional Information

Munro M100, 1032m

Alternative Forms

Ben Attow

Primary Sidebar

Database


Match phrase Match words




OS Map

Welcome to the Ordnance Survey (OS) open source digital map. This is a tool you can use to study ... Continue Reading about OS Map

Our Products

  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 3 £0.00
  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 2 £0.00

News

Dingwall ~ Inbhir Pheofharain

Footer

Gaelic Place-names of Scotland

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ

+44 (0) 1471 888 120
fios@ainmean-aite.scot

Useful links

  • About Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
  • How to use the search
  • Commercial Information & Rates
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us

Site Search

Follow Us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. All rights reserved. Website by Lumberjack Digital