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Dalelia

Dail Eileadh


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM734693


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.

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