English / Map Form: Kilmaluag
Gaelic Form: Cille MoLuaig
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A855
English / Map Form: Kilmaluag
Gaelic Form: Cille MoLuaig
Genitive Form: Chille moLuaig
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + mo, 1st person poss. pron. ‘my’ (in sense of ‘Saint’) (leniting) + slenderised (and lenited) gen. sg. of Luag, masc. personal name = ‘Saint Luag’s church’Element Meaning
G cill ~ church; mo ~ my, in sense of ‘Saint’; Luag ~ personal name
Sources
Kil molovag | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
Kilmiluach | 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109 |
Kilmaluick | 1776 Mackenzie: North part |
Kilmaluick | 1804 Heather |
Cill-mo-Luaig | Dwelly 1912 |
Kilmalua Cille Moluac or Moluag | Forbes, 224 |
Cille mo Luaig | local source, Sòdhaigh |
Cille mo Luaig | local source, Sgianaidean |