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Loch na Creige Loisgte

lake or loch · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a loch associated with a burnt rock. 'Loch' means a lake or sea inlet, 'na' is a possessive article, and 'creige' is the genitive form of 'creag', meaning rock. 'Loisgte' is the past participle of 'losgadh', meaning burnt.

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")
na
Gaelicof the(from an "the")
creige
Gaelicrock(from creag "rock")
loisgte
Gaelicburnt(from losgadh "burning")