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The Irish word for rain is
báisteach





rain



Translations for rain and their definitions

báisteach
     1. n-f. verbal noun of báistigh
     2. n-f. rain (condensed water from a cloud); rainfall


cuir
     1. v. put
     2. v. send
     3. v. sow, plant
           Tá sé ag cur prátaí. - He’s planting potatoes.
     4. v. bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
     5. v. used to indicate falling precipitation; the subject is without a referent and the object is the form of precipitation, but when the precipitation is rain the object may be omitted
           An bhfuil sé ag cur? - Is it raining?
           Inniu féin a chuirfeadh sé sneachta! - It smallcaps have to snow today!
     6. v. subject + faoi (object) = to
     7. n. singular of cur
     8. n-m. Alternative form of cur


fearthainn
     1. n-f. rain (condensed water from a cloud)
     2. n-f. rainfall


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