Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and IllustrationsDixon, John H. (John Henry)
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Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations
Dixon, John H. (John Henry)
Gairloch (Scotland) -- Guidebooks; Gairloch (Scotland) -- History; Ross and Cromarty (Scotland) -- History
_Bathais Bheinn_ (boorsh ven), Forehead mountain (very
descriptive). From _Beinn_, mountain, and _bathais_,
forehead; or perhaps it should be called _Baoisg Bheinn_
(boiskivin), the mountain of gleaming, because it catches
the first rays of the rising sun. This is also true of this
mountain.
_Beag_ (bek), little. It seems to appear as _bach_ in some
English names.
_Beallach Glasleathaid_ (baaloch glass laid), Pass of the
gray slope. _Beallach_, a pass; _glas_, pale; _leathaid_,
possessive of _leathad_, a slope.
_Beallach nan Brog_ (baaloch nam progue), Pass of the shoes.
_Brog_, a shoe.
_Beallach a Chomhla_ (baaloch a korvla), Pass of the door.
_Comhladh_, a door.
_Beinn Alligin_ (bin allikin), Jewel mountain. Properly
_Ailleagan_, a jewel, or darling, anything precious.
_Beinn a Chaisgean_ (bin a harshkin), Mountain of casgean;
which may be a corruption of _caisg_, Easter.
_Beinn Aridh Charr_ (bin arry har), The mountain of the
rough shieling. _Beinn_, a mountain; _aridh_, a shieling;
_charr_, a corruption of _garbh_, rough.
_Beinn a Chearcaill_ (bin a herkill). Mountain of the hoop.
_Cearcall_, a hoop. Descriptive of bands or lines of
stratification encircling this hill.
_Beinn a Mhuinidh_ (bin ar voonie), Mountain of the
"Pisvache."
_Beinn an Eoin_ (bin-in-eeōn), The mountain of the bird.
_Beinn_, a mountain; _eoin_, possessive of _eun_, a bird.
The bird in this case is the ptarmigan.
_Beinn Bheag_ (bin vek), Little mountain. _Beag_, little.
_Beinn Bhreac_ (bin y vraick), Spotted mountain. _Breac_,
spotted.
_Beinn Damph_, properly _Beinn Damh_ (bin damff), Mountain
of the stag. _Damh_, a stag.
_Beinn Dearg_ (bin jarrak), Red mountain. _Beinn_; and
_Dearg_, red.
_Beinn Eighe_ (bin ay), File mountain. _Eighe_, a file. The
topmost ridge is jagged or serrated like a file.
_Beinn Lair_ (bin lar), Mountain of the mare. _Lair_, a
mare.
_Beinn Liathgach_ (bin learoch). This mountain should not be
called _Beinn Liathgach_, but _Liathgach_, which see.
_Beinn na h' Eaglais_ (binnaherkless), Mountain of the
church. _Beinn_, mountain; _eaglais_, church.
_Beinn nan Ramh_ (bin an rahv), Mountain of the oar. _Ramh_,
an oar.
_Beinn Slioch_ or _Sleugach_ (bin sleoch). Should be
_Slioch_ without _Beinn_. See _Slioch_.
_Beinn Tarsuinn_ (bin tarsing), Mountain across.
_Beinn Tarsuinn Chaol_ (bin tarsing chool), Narrow Beinn
Tarsuinn. _Caol_, narrow or slender.
_Bhantighearna Ruadh_ (vancherna rooar), Red lady.
_Bhantighearna_, literally she-lord.
_Bho Iutharn_, or _Bho Iuthrna_ (vo ewern), From hell.
_Bho_, from; _Iuthrna_, hell.
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