Inch
- this term derives from Gaelic innis, which in place-names typically denotes either an island, or meadowland beside a river. These same meanings have been borrowed into Scots and several names containing this term can be found close to major rivers, such as Whiteinch and Abbot's Inch on the banks of the River Clyde. When combined with a Gaelic term, as in Inch Garvie in the Firth of Forth, it is likely to indicate an original Gaelic coinage. Gaelic names usually reflect the typical noun-adjective word order characteristic of Celtic languages, whereas in Scots, as in English, the regular word order dictates that nouns follow adjectives.