English / Map Form: Mugeary
Gaelic Form: Mùigearraidh
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B885
English / Map Form: Mugeary
Gaelic Form: Mùigearraidh
Language Notes
Obscure element + ON gerði neut. ‘enclosure’Element Meaning
ON obscure element; ON gerði ~ enclosure
Sources
| Mugarragh | 1820 Thomson |
| Mugeary | 1882 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Mugeary dark field or garth mug, muigh cloudiness Norse ary | Forbes, 268 |
| [‘mũ:ˌgɑRi] | Cox, local source |
Additional Information
Despite Forbes’ etymology it seems more likely that the second element in this name reflects ON gerði. An alternate version, Mùgarra(i)dh is reflected in the Thomson form and Cox’s source; this may relate to an underlying ON garðr, borrowed into Gaelic as gàrraidh (see Cox 2002, 109).
