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County Dumbarton

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[Below entry for Beinn Damhain:]
Damh, a hart, a stag, the male of the red deer etc
Beinn - a mountain- Damhain from Damhan, a small ox.
Note - the plural of many nouns is formed provincially by adding "an" to the sing. [singular]
and as it is more likely that the hill got its name from its being the resort of more than one male deer or ox
than it got its name from one stag, or ox, Is it not better to write the name Beinn Damhan? i.e. in the plu. [plural]

[Below entry for Larig Arnan:]
The rule "leathan ri leathan" etc is not here observed
Probably from Lar, earth Ighe, an Island and
Arn, a judge, or Larach, the scene
of a battle and Arnuidh, fierce.
Lairig, A sloping hill - The word Lairig occurs in many names in the north of Perthshire
Lorg, A path, or pass - perhaps from the real or fancied appearance of this glen as a pathway
Airnean, perhaps a provincial gen. plur. [genitive plural] for Airne, a sloe }
Lorg Airnean, The pass abounding in sloes? ............................................} imaginary [JB]