uachdar

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish úachtar (“top, surface, cream”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *ouxsteros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewp-s- (“high”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuəxkəɾ/

Noun

uachdar m (genitive singular uachdair, plural uachdaran)

  1. surface
  2. (food) cream
  3. upland

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John Carswell (1970 [1567]) Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh R.L. Thomson (ed.) Edinburgh: Scottish Gaelic Texts Society, page 240.
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “uachdar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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