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GAELIC ETYMOLOGY

BY THE LATE

ALEXANDER MACBAIN, M.A., LL.D.

ENEAS MACKAY, Stirwng

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ETYMOLOGY

OF THK

PRINCIPAL

GAELIC NATIONAL NAMES

PERSONAL NAMES

AND

SURNAMES

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A DISQUISITION ON PTOLEMY'S GEOGRAPHY OF SCOTLAND

B V THE LATE

ALEXANDER MACBAIN, M.A., LL.D.

ENEAS MACKAY, STIRLING

1911

PRINTKD AT THE " NORTHERN OHRONIOLB " OFFICE, INYBRNESS

PREFACE

The following Etymology of the Principal Gaelic ISTational Names, Personal Names, and Surnames was originally, and

still is, part of the Gaelic EtymologicaJ Dictionary by the late

Dr MacBain. The Disquisition on Ptolemy's Geography of

Scotland first appeared in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, and, later, as a pamphlet.

The Publisher feels sure that the issue of these Treatises in their present foim will confer a boon on those who cannot have access to them as originally published. They contain a great deal of information on subjects which have for long years interested Gaelic students and the Gaelic public, although they have not always properly understood them. Indeed, heretofore they have been much obscured by fanciful fallacies, which Dr MacBain's study and exposition will go a long way to

dispel.

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