English / Map Form: Sallachy
Gaelic Form: Salachaidh
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
Postcode area: IV40
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Sallachy
Gaelic Form: Salachaidh
Language Notes
Possibly seileach, adj. ‘willow’ + locative suffix -adh = ‘willow place’Element Meaning
G seileach ~ willow
Sources
Salche | 1554 RMS iv no. 969 |
Salachy | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
Sellachie | 1655 RMS x no. 440 |
Sallachie | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
Sallachy | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
Salachaidh* | Dwelly 1912 |
Salachaidh | Watson 1904, 8, 187 |
Saileachaidh | previous signage |
[sɑLəχɪ] / Salachaidh | local source, Geàrr-loch |
[sɑLəχɪ] | local source, Sòdhaigh |