Gearymore
An Geàrraidh Mòr
Meaning
the large enclosure, pasture land
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG319405
English / Map Form: Gearymore
Gaelic Form: An Geàrraidh Mòr
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A863
English / Map Form: Gearymore
Gaelic Form: An Geàrraidh Mòr
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. art. an + nom. sg. geàrraidh, masc. 'enclosure' + masc. sg. adj. mòr 'large' = 'the large enclosure'Element Meaning
G gearraidh ~ enclosure, pasture; mòr ~ large
Sources
gearraidh is genitive of gearradh but often used as the nominative Forbes, 197
Additional Information
See Oftedal 1954, no. 22 for discussion of an identical name in Lewis. See also Geary
