English / Map Form: Glengarry
Gaelic Form: Gleann Garadh
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: INVERGARRY
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Glengarry
Gaelic Form: Gleann Garadh
Language Notes
G gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + nom.? sg. garadh, hydronymic element, possible from gairbh, `rough one’ reanalaysed.Element Meaning
G gleann ~ glen + ? G garbh ~ rough one
Sources
| Glengarry | 1492 x 1500 ER xi |
| Glengairie | 1630 Ane Description p. 169 |
| Glen Garrif | 1654 Blaeu map Braid-Allban |
| Gleanna garadh | Dwelly 1911 |
| Gleann Garadh | Watson 1926, 470 |
| Gleann Gharadh | Dieckhoff 1932 |
| Gleann Garadh mu thuath | Robertson |
Additional Information
Dieckhoff’s form is surprising, but his phonetic script implies the form is not lenited, or is so only because of a preceding schwarabhakti, which is discussed by Robertson in Scottish Gaelic Dialects.
