Tarbet (Dunbartonshire)
An Tairbeart
Meaning
the isthmus
Location
Dunbartonshire
ARROCHAR"
G83
NN316046
English / Map Form: Tarbet (Dunbartonshire)
Gaelic Form: An Tairbeart
Location: Loch Lomond , Argyll
Post Town: "ALEXANDRIA
Postcode area: G83
County: Dunbartonshire
Local Authority: ARROCHAR"
Nearest Main Roads: A82, A83
English / Map Form: Tarbet (Dunbartonshire)
Gaelic Form: An Tairbeart
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg tairbeart, masc. 'isthmus'Element Meaning
G tairbeart ~ isthmus
Sources
| An Tairbeart | Dwelly 1912 |
| An Tairbeart | MacKinnon |
Tarbet Ilse nearby is Eilean an Tairbeirt (Ilan an Tarbert 1701 NLS MS Wod. Lett. Qu. II, f. 10)
Additional Information
An established term.