Ainmean tuathan ghaoithe

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Ainmean tuathan ghaoithe

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Aiste gu h-annasach fada airson a' BhBC:

Scottish wind farms 'return to original place names'

'S toil leam an t-eadar-theangachadh de dh'Allt Duine mar "Man Burn"...


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Seadh, chan eil seo ceart. Ach cò às a thàinig e, bho "donn"?
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Agus seo
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Gàidhig, 'n e?

Chan fhaic mise dad cearr air Allt Duine ge-tà, mur e mearachd litreachaidh th' ann.
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Dè tha Duine a' ciallachadh san ainm seo co-dhiù?
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duine ≠ donn/duinne?

mur e mearachd litreachaidh a th' ann. Tha ainmean ann mar "rudeigin nam Ban" no "rudeigin a' Chaillich" - saoil an e husbands lib a tha air cùlaibh seo? :)
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Chan fhaca mi dad neònach air "Allt Duine", ach bha "Man Burn" a' coimhead dhomhsa nas coltaiche ri "duine a tha na allt" na "allt de dhuine". Rudeigin mar Treebeard bho Laird o the Rings.
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"Man Burn" - 's e "Bùrn" (sin "uisge", no 's dòcha "uisge a dh'fhaodar òl") bhon Ghàidhlig agus "man" bho chànan nan Cruithneach - sa Chuimris "àite". Mar sin "àite far am faodar an t-uisge òl".

(Ma chreideas sibh sin, creididh sibh càil sam bith!)
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