English / Map Form: Braes
Gaelic Form: Am Bràighe
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B883 / A87
English / Map Form: Braes
Gaelic Form: Am Bràighe
Language Notes
G gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. masc. of bràigh, 'upper part' (given in gen. with nom. sense) = 'the upper part'.Element Meaning
G bràigh, upper part
Sources
| Brea | 1776 Mackenzie: South part |
| Braighe, Am, the Brae (in South Rona) | Forbes 1923, 89 |
| Am Bràigh (‘Br’è); Bràigh Thròtairnis | Robertson |
| A’ Bhràighe [gen. inferring Am Bràigh nom.] | Sorley MacLean, Cumha Chaluim Iain MhicGill-Eathain and An t-Eilean |
| [mrɛə] i.e. Am Bràighe | SSPNS 1968.03 [Camustianavaig informant] |