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Lettoch

An Lethdach

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Meaning

the half unit


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

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English / Map Form: Lettoch

Gaelic Form: An Lethdach


Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross

Post Town: INVERNESS

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Lettoch

Gaelic Form: An Lethdach


Language Notes

Originally: G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. fem. preposed adj. leth, ‘half’ + nom. sg. dabhach, fem. ‘vat, unit of land’ = ‘the half unit’

Element Meaning

G leth ~ half; dabhach ~ unit of land

Sources

terrarum de Half-davachis 1456 ER vi 213
Halfdawakis 1527 ER xv 364
Haldavauchis 1531 ER xvi 390
terras de Halfdaokis 1565 RMS iv no. 1618
Vester-half-Daachis, Eister-half-Dachis 1587 RMS v no. 1331
Eister Halfdaockis, Wester Halfdavockis 1588 ER xxi 50
Wester-half-Dawachis, Eister-half-Davachis 1595 RMS vi no. 229
Wester-half-Davauchis, Eister-half-Davauchis 1614 RMS vii no. 1115
Haddoch c. 1620 Pont text 126v
G An Leithda’ch Watson 1904, 145
An Leadoch MacBain CW66 [note after in Watson’s hand: leth dabhach’]

Additional Information

It is noteworthy that the old forms for the name reflect the Scots form of the name, whilst the current form derives from the Gaelic.

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