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Roybridge

Drochaid Ruaidh

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Meaning

the bridge of the Roy


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH31

NN275815


English / Map Form: Roybridge

Gaelic Form: Drochaid Ruaidh


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: ROY BRIDGE

Postcode area: PH31

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A86

English / Map Form: Roybridge

Gaelic Form: Drochaid Ruaidh


Language Notes

G nom. sg. drochaid, masc. ‘bridge’ + lenited gen. sg. of river name Ruaidh

Element Meaning

G drochaid ~ bridge; ruaidhe ~ river name

Sources

Drochaid Ruaidh Dieckhoff 1932
Drochaid Ruaidh Robertson MS363, 35
Drochaid Ruaidh current road signage

Additional Information

The article would not be expected here because the element ruaidh here represents the river, not the adjective ‘red’. This is corroborated by the English / SSE version of the name, which is Roybridge after the river, rather than *Redbridge.

The river-name could reflect an older Celtic root of which both the river-name Ruaidh and the adjective ruadh are cognates. The name is somewhat understood as an abstract noun of the adjective, thus ruaidhe, ‘redness’.

Alternative Forms

 Roy Bridge

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