Geography
Highlands features
Sliabh - mountain
Sléibhtí – mountains
Mám - mountain pass
Cnoc - hill
Gleann - valley
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Bog
Portach – bog
Mianach bogaigh - boggy ground
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Rocks and soil
Talamh - Land; ground
Créafóg - clay
Dúramhán - loam
Talamh dúramhán - damp ground
Dóib - clay, sticky mud
Slaba - mud
Carraig – rock Carraigeachaí - rocks
istigh sa gcloich - within in the rock
Cloch - stone Clochaí - stones
Leac – flat stone or rock, slab
Graibhéal – gravel
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Coastal features
Cósta - coast
Dumhachannaí - sandbanks
Alt - cliff Aillt - cliffs
Criomadh - erosion
Gob – tip, point
Cuais - a hole worn back under the cliffs
Liathrachaí - crevices
Rivers
Abhainn - river
Bruach – edge, bank
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Lakes
Loch – lake
Dílinn – flood
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Woodland
Coill - wood, forest
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States
Tír - country
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Description of location
áint – place áinteachaí – places
áint eicínt - somewhere
Pé áint - wherever
Cébí áint a mbeifeá - where ever you might be
Cébí fad - however far
i bhfad - far
B'iontach an áint é - it was a great place
Ó theach is ó áras - from place to place
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Geographical language
in ionsacht - at a distance of
Teorainneachaí - divisions, borders