eaghtyr
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish úachtar, óchtar (“top, surface, cream”), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewp-s- (“high”).
Noun[edit]
eaghtyr m (genitive singular eaghtyragh, plural eaghtyryn)
- surface, top (of water)
- overburden, superstructure
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language