Port Rìgh
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either port + rìgh (“king's port”), possibly after James V, or a corruption of port + ruighe (“port of the flat land at the foot of a hill”). Prior to the 16th century the area was known as Cill Targhlain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Portree (The largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland) (OS grid ref NG4843).
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition |
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Port Rìgh | Phort Rìgh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.