Fife Place-name Data

Pitkevy

Pitkevy LSL S NO245035 1 373 185m SEF

Petkevye 1519 Fife Ct. Bk. 135
Pitcany 1642 Retours (Fife) no. 619 [for Pitcauy; in barony of Leslie]
Pitkeny 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife [for Pitkeuy. Not on Blaeu (Pont)]
Pilkivie 1775 Ainslie/Fife [for Pitkivie]
Pitkevie 1811 RHP3640
Pitcovie 1828 SGF
Pitkevy 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

G pett + ? G ciabhach

‘Bushy farm’? G ciabh (OIr cíab) ‘lock of hair, hair, tresses’, ciabhach (OIr cíabach) can refer to places, with the meaning ‘bushy’ (Dwelly, DIL). In the Lomond Hills, it is the highest Pit-name in Fife (185 m). The occasional forms with –eny or –any reflect the very common misreading of u as n.

    /pɪtˈkevɪ/ or /pɪtˈkɪvɪ/.[197]

This place-name appeared in printed volume 2

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