English / Map Form: Kenovay
Gaelic Form: Ceann a' Bhàigh
Location: Tiree, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF TIREE
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Kenovay
Gaelic Form: Ceann a' Bhàigh
Genitive Form: Cheann a' Bhàigh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. bàgh, masc. 'bay' = ‘head of the bay’Element Meaning
G ceann ~ head, end; bàgh ~ bay
Sources
Kenbay 1654 Blaeu
| Ceann a’ Bhaigh: Beveridge, 1903, 107 |
| Ceann a’ Bhaigh: MacDonald 1965, 13 |
| Ceann a’ Bhàigh: Brownlie |