English / Map Form: Lealty
Gaelic Form: Lethalltaidh
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: ALNESS
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Lealty
Gaelic Form: Lethalltaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. preposed adj. leth, ‘half ’ + nom. sg. masc. alltaidh, ‘burn-place’ (allt+ locative suffix -aidh)Element Meaning
G leth ~ half; alltaidh ~ burn-place
Sources
| terris de Lealdie | 1595 RMS v no. 265 |
| Lealdies | 1610 RMS vii no. 298 |
| Lealdy | 1622 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 6 |
| Lealdie | 1623 RMS viii no. 410 |
| Lealdie | 1634 RMS ix no. 242 |
| Lealdie | 1845 NSA (Alness), 336 |
|
G Lethalltaidh Watson 1904, 82 |
| Leth-alltaidh Dwelly 1912 |