Peingown
Peighinn a’ Ghobhainn
Meaning
penny-land of the smith
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG401718
English / Map Form: Peingown
Gaelic Form: Peighinn a’ Ghobhainn
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A855
English / Map Form: Peingown
Gaelic Form: Peighinn a’ Ghobhainn
Genitive Form: Pheighinn a’ Ghobhainn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. peighinn, fem. ‘penny-land’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of masc. gobhainn, ‘smith’ = ‘penny-land of the smith’Element Meaning
G peighinn ~ penny-land; gobhainn ~ smith
Sources
| Peinggown, Pennygown, Pengown | Forbes, 274 |
| smith’s penny-land peighinn a’ ghobhainn | |
|
Peighinn a’ Ghobhainn |
local source, Sgianaidean |
Additional Information
B. Gordon 1964, 99-100 offers further old forms for this name.
