English / Map Form: Moy
Gaelic Form: A' Mhoigh
Location: Inverness ~ Inbhir Nis
Post Town: Inverness ~ Inbhir Nis
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Moy
Gaelic Form: A' Mhoigh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| maigh | Robertson |
| a’ mhagh | Diack (Inverness) |
| Moyhall = Tigh na Maighe | Sinton 1906 |
| Ceann Loch na Maighe | Sinton 1906, 256 |
| The Mackintosh is ” Tighearna na Moighe.” | Watson remark in MacBain xxiii |
| Loch na Maoidh | Celtic Magazine, 1883, viii, 512 [Macintosh war cry] |
Moy near Tomatin is a’ Mhoigh / Loch Moy is Loch na Moighe: Watson 1926, 501
Moy is in Gaelic A’ Mhagh, “the plain”: MacBain, 127 [correct identification]
Moy is the locative of magh: MacBain 158
Additional Information
Moyhall = Tigh na Maighe: Sinton 1906
Ceann Loch na Maighe: Sinton 1906, 256
The Mackintosh is ” Tighearna na Moighe.” : Watson remark in MacBain xxiii
Loch na Maoidh: Celtic Magazine, 1883, viii, 512 [Macintosh war cry]