English / Map Form: Tarbert
Gaelic Form: An Tairbeart
Location: Kintyre, Argyll
Post Town: TARBERT
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Tarbert
Gaelic Form: An Tairbeart
Genitive Form: An Tairbeirt
Language Notes
G masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. tairbeart, ‘masc’ ‘isthmus’Element Meaning
G an ~ the; tairbeart ~ isthmus
Sources
East Tarbit 1804 Heather
An Tairbeart 1911 Dwelly
Additional Information
Not to be confused with Tarbet by Loch Lomond, although the same Gaelic name applies.
