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]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Port Rìgh | Phort Rìgh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |