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Life.

Liffey (a river in Ireland)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

name[l̠ʲɪfʲə]
  1. Liffey (a river in Ireland)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *liyeti (“flow”) (cognate with Cornish liv (“flood”), Breton liñv (“flood”)), Welsh llif (“flood”)) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”). An alternative hypothesis from Gearóid Mac Eoin is that the name comes from the the original language spoken in Ireland.

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