Quinish
Cuidhinis
Meaning
promontory of the cattlefold
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA75
NM425543
English / Map Form: Quinish
Gaelic Form: Cuidhinis
Location: Mull, Firth of Lorn, Argyll
Post Town: ISLE OF MULL
Postcode area: PA75
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Quinish
Gaelic Form: Cuidhinis
Language Notes
ON kvía-nes or kvi-nes: ON gen. sg. kví, ‘pen, cattlefold' + nom. or gen. sg. ON nes, neut. ‘promontary’ in stem form or genitival relationship.Element Meaning
ON kví ~ pen, cattlefold; nes ~ promontary
Sources
| terrarum de Cowinis | 1528 RMS iii no. 712 |
| QVIA-NES | 1654 Blaeu map Mula insula |
| Queinis | 1667 RMS xi no. 1105 |
| Quinish | 1775 MacKenzie’s ‘The Sound of Mull’ |
| Quinish | 1820 Thomson |
| N kvi-naes Cattlefold point | MacLean p. 32 |
| N kví, ‘quoy’, pen or enclosure | Henderson 1910 p. 190 |
Additional Information
Compare this form with Cuidhseadar (Cox 1990) containing the same specific element.