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Mugeary

Mùigearraidh

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Inverness-shire

Highland

NG435387


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).

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