English / Map Form: Inverinate
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ìonaid
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Inverinate
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ìonaid
Language Notes
G nom. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’ + gen. sg. of Ìona(i)d obscure river-name element.Element Meaning
G inbhir ~ confluence; Ìona(i)d ~ obscure river-name element poss. meaning ‘the brown one’
Sources
| Inverinate | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Inbhir-ionaid | Dwelly 1912 |
| In’ir-ìonaid | Watson 1904, 79 |
| Inbhir Dhuinnid | Watson 1926, 445 |
| Inbhir Ìonaid | Sorley Maclean, Tìm is Sgùrr Ùrain |
| This burn flows out of Coire Dhuinnid… formerly named the Duinnid | Beveridge, 79 |
| Inbhir Ionaid an Ear | previous signage |
| InjərI:ənətj] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
The etymology deriving from duinnid ~ brown one, originally proposed by Watson, is problematic, as pointed out by Watson himself. He bases his derivation purely on the existence of Coire Dhuinnid, even though Inverinate Burn does not really flow through Choire Dhunnid. It seems more likely that the derivation reflects some other term.
Applied to Inverinate (east)~ Inbhir Ìonaid an Ear and Inverinate (west) ~ Inbhir Ìonaid an Iar.