Àird a’ Bhàsair

Mìneachadh – Meaning: àird + bàsair. ‘S e rubha as ciall don fhacal àird. Tha mì-chinnt ann mu chiall an fhacail ‘bàsair’. Tha e coltach gu bheil e a’ ciallachadh boglach agus, a rèir Dwelly, boglach nach robh buileach cho bog is cho cunnartach ris an t-sùil-chruthaich.

The word ‘àird’ means a headland. There is some doubt about the meaning of ‘bàsair’. It is supposed that it may mean a bog, and more specifically, according to Edward Dwelly’s definition, a bog that isn’t quite as soft or dangerous as the sùil-chruthaich – the quaking bog.