treidhsgeir

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse torfskeri, from torf (“turf”) + skera (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

treidhsgeir m (plural treidhsgeirean) (chiefly Uist, Barra)

  1. tusker, turf spade, peat knife

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 90
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