English / Map Form: Letterfearn
Gaelic Form: An Leitir Fheàrna
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Letterfearn
Gaelic Form: An Leitir Fheàrna
Language Notes
G nom. sg. fem. def. art. an + nom. sg. leitir, fem. ‘slope’ + lenited. gen. pl of feàrna, fem. ‘alder’ = ‘the slope of alders’Element Meaning
G leitir ~ slope; feàrna ~ alder
Sources
| Letterfern | 1776 Mackenzie: South part |
| Alder slope | Watson 1904, 172 |
| An Leitir-fhearn | Robertson |
| lɛctir a:rn, fearn is fiarn | Diack Ms2276 |
| Leitir Fheàrna | previous signage |
| An Leitir Fhearna | local source, Geàrr-loch |
Additional Information
Diack seems to suggest the specific element was not feàrna, although the other forms do not accord with this.