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Etymology
From Old Irish úachtar, óchtar (“top, surface, cream”), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewp-s- (“high”).
Noun
eaghtyr m (genitive singular eaghtyragh, plural eaghtyryn)
- surface, top (of water)
- Haink yn snauean er ash er yn eaghtyr. ― The float bobbed up again.
- Shey shiaghtooyn jeh eaghtyr ny cruinney, she ushtey sailjey. ― Six sevenths of the world's surface is water.
- Ta'n eeast shoh snaue er eaghtyr ny marrey. ― These fish swim on the top of the sea.
- overburden, superstructure
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