Genitive Form: Chalasraid

Language Notes

Element Meaning

Sources

Calasraid 1875 Am Feillire
CALDRAIT: Armstrong’s Dictionary [the place-names given round here are clustered round Perthshire, Armstong born in Kenmore.]
Callasraid, as if calas + sràid, ferry street: Watson notebook Coll-97/CW9, 62
Callander on Teith is in Gaelic Calasráid, sometimes shortened into Caltráid, for caladh-sráid, ‘shore-street,
ferry-street’;the adjective caladh, hard, came to mean also ‘firm shore, beach’ modern ‘harbour’; compare
‘the Hard’ of Portsmouth. Watson 1926, 515
Calastraid; “Calatraid”, “Drochaid Chalatraid” in west of Perthshire.: Robertson
Calastraid kaLastred’j: Dieckhoff
“Cala-t-sraid” Tonaidh Dilworth 1998

Additional Information

It would appear that for the Perthshire Callander there are two forms Calasraid (Cala-sràid) and Calatraid (Cala t-sràid).

The former looks to be a local, more common form.

Also applies to Callander Crags, NN627088: Creagan Chalasraid

Alternative Forms