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-nameSources
| 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.