English / Map Form: Dalelia
Gaelic Form: Dail Eileadh
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Dalelia
Gaelic Form: Dail Eileadh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Dail eilgheadh: Robertson
Fear Dhail-eilealadh: Teachdaire Gaidhealach, I, 58
Fear Dhail-a-leith: Bliadhna Theàrlaich, 240
[da:lilay]: Moidart – Among the Clan Ranalds
The old people used to call it: dǎlǐlúu (the u ordinary open sound): Dieckhoff MS [simplified]
Additional Information
Alternative OS form was Dail an Leigh. This is possibly an attempt at etymologisation based on the form in Bliadhna Theàrlaich.
