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Penifiler

Peighinn nam Fìdhleir

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Meaning

penny-land of the fiddlers


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV51

NG487417


English / Map Form: Penifiler

Gaelic Form: Peighinn nam Fìdhleir


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

Postcode area: IV51

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: B883

English / Map Form: Penifiler

Gaelic Form: Peighinn nam Fìdhleir


Language Notes

G nom. sg. peighinn, fem. ‘penny-land’ + gen. pl. masc. def. art. nam (in reduced form (n)a’ ) + gen. pl. of masc. fìdhleir, ‘fiddler’ = ‘penny-land of the fiddlers’.

Element Meaning

G peighinn ~ penny-land; fìdhleir ~ fiddler

Sources

Peinafeiler 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Peighinn nam fidhlear * Dwelly 1912
Peinafeiler… the fiddler’s pennyland… peighinn-an-fhidhleir Forbes, 274
[penɪfɪ:ʎər] local source, Sòdhaigh
Peighinn a’ Fidhleir local source, Sgianaidean

Additional Information

With the reduction of the article, this name is usually pronounced Peighinn a’ Fidhleir (Cox).

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