Lochan na Làirige
lake or loch · Perth and Kinross
GaelicSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a small loch. 'Làirige' is a genitive form of 'làn-raig', meaning 'full of deer' or possibly 'deer's haunt'.
Word origins
- Lochan
- Gaelicsmall loch(from lòch "loch", -an "diminutive suffix")
- na
- Gaelicof the
- Làirige
- Gaelicof the deer's haunt(from làn-raig "full of deer, deer's haunt")