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Carbost

Càrrabost


Meaning

copse or brushwood farm


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG378316


English / Map Form: Carbost

Gaelic Form: Càrrabost


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: B8009

English / Map Form: Carbost

Gaelic Form: Càrrabost


Genitive Form: Chàrraboist

Language Notes

Perhaps ON kjarr-bólstaðr: ON stem form kjarr, neut. 'copse, brushwood, fen or marsh' + ON nom. sg. bólstaðr, masc. 'farm'

Element Meaning

Perhaps ON kjarr ~ copse, brushwood, fen or marsh; bólstaðr ~ farm

Sources

Carraboist 1596 RMS vi no. 453
Carobost 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109
Cari’s town: Kari, Norse proper name, also kjarra-bolstadhr Forbes 1923, 102
[“kʰɑ:Rə,bost] Local source, Sgianaidean
[“kʰɑ:Rə,bost] Local source, Sòdhaigh
[“kʰɑ:Rə,bɔst] R. Cox

Additional Information

There are multiple instances of this name. The derivation here follows that of Gammeltoft (106-107) who briefly discusses the issue of the medial [a]. ON kjarr is also discussed by Oftedal (1954 (no.113)) under an entry for Kershader.

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