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Brackletter

Brac Leitir


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NN185825


English / Map Form: Brackletter

Gaelic Form: Brac Leitir


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A82

English / Map Form: Brackletter

Gaelic Form: Brac Leitir


Genitive Form: Brac Leitir

Language Notes

brac, obscure + nom. sg. leitir fem. `slope'

Element Meaning

G breac ~ speckled; leitir ~ slope,

Sources

Brokletter 1610 RMS vii no. 255
Brackleter 1636-52 Gordon 37
Braelach 1820 Thomson
Brackletter 1874 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Letter = Leitir Dwelly 1912
Bra’kk leitior [simplified] Dieckhoff
Brac Leitir ‘rough broken up slope’ 1973 MacKinnon
Brac leitir Robertson

Additional Information

The meaning of brac is not clear, but the form is.

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