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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From gille (“servant”) + easbaig (“bishop”), with the second element of the name being derived from Latin episcopus.
The origin of the Anglicisation Archibald is obscure, but could possibly be based on the word archbishop.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gilleasbaig m (genitive Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, vocative a Ghilleasbaig or 'Illeasbaig, diminutive Gilleasbachan or Eairdsidh)
- a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Gillespie or Archibald, though the latter is etymologically unrelated.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh