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.
