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Bunarkaig

Bun Airceig

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Meaning

the foot of the river Arcaig


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NN186877


English / Map Form: Bunarkaig

Gaelic Form: Bun Airceig


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A8005

English / Map Form: Bunarkaig

Gaelic Form: Bun Airceig


Genitive Form: Bhun Airceig

Language Notes

G nom. sg. bun, masc. ‘foot’ + possibly gen. sg. of Airceag, obscure river-name element = ‘the foot of the river Arcaig’.

Element Meaning

G bun ~ foot; Airceag ~ obscure river-name

Sources

[loch]-Argaig c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Lochairgak 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 221
BOWN ARKIGG 1796 Plan of Intended Road… RHP11607
Bun Arkaig 1874 OS 6inch 1st ed.
Airceág or Airceig Watson 1926, 449
Bun-Airceig MacMillan, 254
Arcaig MacKinnon, 20
Bun Arcaig previous signage
Bun Airceig Robertson

Additional Information

Beveridge, 38, states Bunarkaig has not been found on any old documents. He implies that the name was once Inverarkaig, which is no longer extant but present in some old forms. Given the paucity of old forms for this name, this seems reasonable. See Inchree entry for another example of the interchangibility between bun and inbhir in this area.

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