todhar

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish túar (cultivation).

The dialectal meaning of “seaweed” comes from the widespread use of seaweed as fertiliser in the Hebrides.

Noun

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todhar m (genitive singular todhair, no plural)

  1. fertilizer, manure, dung
  2. (North Uist, Benbecula, Eriskay, Barra) seaweed