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Details| English name | Roybridge | | Gaelic name | Drochaid Ruaidh | | Meaning | the bridge of the Roy |
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Location and type of place name| Location | Lochaber, Highland | | Local authority | Highland ~ A’ Ghàidhealtachd | | Parish post 1891 | Kilmonivaig | | County post 1891 | Inverness-shire ~ Siorrachd Inbhir Nis | | Topographical feature type | Settlement ~ Tuineachadh | | Post town | ROYBRIDGE | | Postcode area | PH31 | | Relevant main roads | A86 | | OS sheet number | 400 | | OS grid reference | NN275815 | | Type of name | Place ~ Àite |
Elements| Element meaning | G drochaid ~ bridge; ruaidhe ~ river name | | Element type | colour, communicationwater associated (except marsh) |
External ResourcesFurther Information| Language notes | G nom. sg. drochaid, masc. ‘bridge’ + lenited gen. sg. of river name Ruaidh | | Sources |
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Drochaid Ruaidh | Dieckhoff 1932
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Drochaid Ruaidh | Robertson MS363, 35
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Drochaid Ruaidh | current road signage |
| | Additional info | The article would not be expected here because the element ruaidh here represents the river, not the adjective 'red'. This is corroborated by the English / SSE version of the name, which is Roybridge after the river, rather than *Redbridge.
The river-name could reflect an older Celtic root of which both the river-name Ruaidh and the adjective ruadh are cognates. The name is somewhat understood as an abstract noun of the adjective, thus ruaidhe, 'redness'.
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