Lochgilphead
Ceann Loch Gilb
Meaning
end of Loch Gilb (the chisel loch)
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA31
NR862881
English / Map Form: Lochgilphead
Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Gilb
Location: Mid-Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
Postcode area: PA31
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
Nearest Main Roads: A83
English / Map Form: Lochgilphead
Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Gilb
Genitive Form: Cheann Loch Gilb
Language Notes
G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + gen. sg. gilb loch-name = ‘the end of Loch Gilb’Element Meaning
G ceann ~ ‘head, end’ ; loch ~ ‘loch’ ; gilb ~ loch-name = ‘the chisel loch = ‘the end of Loch Gilb’
Sources
| kenlouchgilp | 1268 Registrum de Passalet, 134 |
| Ceann Loch Gilp | Dwelly 1912 |
| Ceann Loch Gilb | RM |
| ceann loch ghileb | Nuadh Orain Ghailach |
