Arcaibh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally a dative plural; probably via Pictish from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“piglet”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Compare Latin Orcades (the oldest attested name).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾxkɪv/

Proper noun

Arcaibh

1. Orkney (an archipelago in Scotland)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Arcaibh	n-Arcaibh	h-Arcaibh	t-Arcaibh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.