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lake or lakes
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- Gaeilge
lake of (the) red cows 'The unstable character of the adjective suggests that the second element may have replaced another word having a similiar pronunciation. Rawl. B502 has Loch Bodhbh derg (read Boidhbh dheirg ...' E Ó Tuathail,Eigse VI 280
- English
lake of (the) red cows? 'The unstable character of the adjective suggests that the second element may have replaced another word having a similiar pronunciation. Rawl. B502 has Loch Bodhbh derg (read Boidhbh dheirg ...' E Ó Tuathail,Eigse VI 280
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