Gilleasbaig

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Gilleasbuig, Gilleaspuig, GilleEasbaig

Etymology

From gille (“servant”) +‎ easbaig (“bishop”), with the second element of the name being derived from Latin episcopus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲɪˈʎes̪pɪkʲ/

Proper noun

Gilleasbaig m (genitive Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, vocative a Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, diminutive Gilleasbachan or Eairdsidh)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Gillespie or Archibald, though the latter is etymologically unrelated.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Gilleasbaig	Ghilleasbaig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.