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Loch Oich

Loch Obhaich


Water

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NH323016


English / Map Form: Loch Oich

Gaelic Form: Loch Obhaich


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: INVERGARRY

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Loch Oich

Gaelic Form: Loch Obhaich


Language Notes

G nom. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + Obhaich, river-name

Sources

Loch Awich c. 1590 Pont map 5
L. Eawich 1636-52 1654 Blaeu Map (Northern Scotland)
Bridge of Oich 1873 OS 6 inch 1st edn
Obhaich Watson 1926, 477
Loch Òich Dwelly 1912
L. O’ich, L. òh(oi)c Dieckhoff
Loch Omhaich Mac an Tàilleir

“Loch Oich o as in both hut : Othaich Watson CW9

“Obhaich comes from Abh, genitive Abha a stream or river”: Watson 1926, 447

Other forms:

River Oich – Abhainn Othaich / Bunoich – Bun Othaich: Robertson 2019, p. 228

Additional Information

See also Bridge of Oich.

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