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Erbusaig

Earbasaig

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Meaning

?Erp's Bay


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG762298


English / Map Form: Erbusaig

Gaelic Form: Earbasaig


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: KYLE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Erbusaig

Gaelic Form: Earbasaig


Language Notes

Perhaps a Pictish personal name Erc, borrowed into ON as Erp in gen. sg. + ON nom. sg. vík, fem. ‘bay’ = ‘Erp’s Bay’

Element Meaning

ON Erp; vík ~ bay

Sources

Arbesak 1554 RMS iv no. 969
Erbisag 1681 RPS [1681/7/155]
Erbisaig 1820 Thomson
Erbusaig 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Earbarsaig Watson 1904, 188
[“Erbə­sEkʲ] local source, Sgianaidean
[“Erəbə­sEkʲ] local source, Sòdhaigh

Additional Information

See Fraser 1994, 76 for discussion of this name and the derivation.

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