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The Irish word for river is
abhainn





river



Translations for river and their definitions

abhainn
     1. n-f. river
           Níl aon abhainn san oileán. - There’s no river on the island.
           Dá dtéiteá go Gaillimh inné, d’fhéadfá a dhul isteach an abhainn go réidh, mar nach raibh aon tsruth mór. - If you had gone to Galway yesterday, you would have easily been able to go up the riv
           Bhí an abhainn reoite. - The river was frozen.
           bruach na haibhne - the riverbank
           Bhí na haibhneacha uilig reoite. - All the rivers were frozen.
           Dhá mbeadh an t-airgead againn, ghabhfadh muid do haibhneacha Chill Airne. - If we had the money, we would go to the rivers of Killarney.


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