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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W YVOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U
VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS
Abh [aw or ow], a river; aw, ow.
Abhainn [owen], a river; owen, avon, and in the end of words, with the h of the article, hown, hone, howna, hivnia.
Abhall [owl, ool, or avel], an apple, an apple tree; in some parts of the north it is used in the sense of "orchard." Modern forms owl, ool, owle, aval, etc.
Achadh [aha], a 'field; it is generally represented in modern names by agha, agh, or augh, but these also often stand for ath, a ford.
Aenach [enagh], anciently signified any assembly of the people, but it is now always applied to a cattle fair; enagh, eeny, eena, eanig.
Aileach [ellagh], a circular stone fort; ellagh, elly.
Aill [oil], a cliff; ayle, aille, etc. See Faill.
Aireagal [arrigal], a habitation, an oratory, a small church; arrigle and errigal.
Airne [arney], a sloe; army.
Ait [aut], a place, a site; commonly made at: frequently combines with teach, a house, to form the compound ait-tighe [aut-tee], in modern forms atty or atti, a house site.
Aiteann [attan], furze; forms the terminations - attin, -attina.
Aith [ah], a kiln of any kind; made -haia, -hagh, -haha, -hay, -hey, and -hoy, in the end of names.
Alt, a height, a cliff, a glen side.
An, the Irish definite article.
Ar [awr], slaughter; are, aur, and air.
Ard, high, a height.
Ath [ah], a ford; ath, ah, augh, agh, a, aha, aw, et.
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