Meaning of abhainn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. river
   feminine
2. Equivalent to 'river': A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body...

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Examples

“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 river, since there wasn’t a very strong current.

“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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