Port Rìgh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Either port + rìgh (“king's port”), possibly after James V, or a corruption of port + ruighe (“port of the flat land at the foot of a hill”). Prior to the 16th century the area was known as Cill Targhlain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈrˠiː/

Proper noun

Port Rìgh m

1. Portree (The largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland) (OS grid ref NG4843).

Mutation

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