English / Map Form: Eas Chia-aig
Gaelic Form: Eas Chia-Bhalg
Location: Dalmally
Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE
Postcode area: PH34
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Eas Chia-aig
Gaelic Form: Eas Chia-Bhalg
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G nom sg. eas, masc, ‘waterfall’ + cia-bhalg, hydronymic element from obscure element ? cia + balg, ‘bulge, belly’
Sources
Invercawals 1544 RMS iii no. 3015
Invercavalk 1546 ER xviii appendix
Inverkaak 1552 RMS iv no. 704
Inverceach 1556 RMS iv no. 824
Invertoy Valge 1567 ER xix appendix
Inverloye-valagane 1574 RMS iv no. 2348
Innercoyvalge 1615 Retours (Inverness) no. 26
Invercroyvalg (vel Invercoyvalg) 1621 RMS viii no. 121
Innercoyvalge 1623 Retours (Inverness) no. 41
Innertoyvalg 1661 Retours (Inverness) no. 86
Invertoyvolg 1667 RMS xi no. 1105
Invertoybolg 1695 Retours (Inverness) no. 118
Invertoybolg 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93
Inverchtak 1789 Ainslie/Scotland
Eassnakahaig 1799 Nattes Drawings MS5206 f. 59
Eas/Drochaid Chia-aig 1874 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Gleann Ciabhaig, ‘glen of the little lock of hair’: MacMillan 1971
Abhainn Chiabhaig MacMillan 1971, 276
Additional Information
The form represented as Ciabhaig is spelt in several ways on OS maps. The historical forms for present Inverchia-aig show the river name was once something like *cia + bhuilg. It seems likely that the final –aig is in error for –alg.
