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Duirinish

Diùranais

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Meaning

promontory of deer


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG205455


English / Map Form: Duirinish

Gaelic Form: Diùranais


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Duirinish

Gaelic Form: Diùranais


Language Notes

ON dýra-nes: gen. pl. of ON dýr, neut. ‘deer’ + ON nom. sg. nes, neut. ‘promontory’ = ‘promontory of deer’.

Element Meaning

ON dýr ~ deer; nes ~ promontory

Sources

Dyurenes 1572 RMS iv no. 2093
?? Urmes (vel Dyurmas) 1585 Retours (Inverness) no. 9
Duirnes 1626 Retours (Inverness) no. 45
Dairnes (vel Duirnes) 1655 Retours (Inverness) no. 79
Duirness 1664 Retours (Inverness) no. 95
Durneis 1681 RPS [1681/7/155]
Durinish 1820 Thomson
Diurinnis Dwelly 1912
N dyra-nes deer’s headland Watson 1904, 188
Diùrinis previous signage
[“dʲuːrə,nɪʃ] local source, Sgianaidean

Additional Information

Cf. Watson 1904, 188. This is the same name as Durinish in Skye and Durness in Sutherland for which the proposed form is the same. The current sign on the A87 says Diùrinis which is clearly wrong.

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