How do you describe running water as in,

The tap is running
I am running a bath
The bath is running

Would you use the word Rith ,i know it can be used with flow of speech, Rith cainte ,
or would Sruth be correct?

Then I saw this sentence and wondered if Irish had a completely different way to describe the course water traveled.
Fuaim uisce ag gabháil le fánaidh gleanna, "the sound of water running along the slope of/down the valley."
I would take it to translate as" The sound (of) water going down (the) glen."

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"the sound of water running along the slope of a valley" - is a more literal translation, maybe more poetic too. But "The sound (of) water going down (the) glen" has the same meaning.

Water can "run" in Irish too. Bhí an abhainn ag reathaíocht le fána.



Tá an sconna casta air.
Tá mé ag líonadh an bhfolcadán.
Tá an folcadán ag líonadh.

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How about uisce reatha for 'running water'? as it's given as a variant

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glad I asked, never thought of líonadh.

Perfect word really, flowing and filling all in one.

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focloir.ie has 'sconna a fhágáil ar siúl'. and 'sconna a fhágáil ag gabháil'

http://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/tap?q=tap#tap__1

Interesting I was told that you generally don't múch a tap, but you múch electrical items. Focloir.ie has 'sconna a mhúchadh' and 'sconna a chur as' (the second sounds a lot like Béarlachas)

To keep with the tap theme of the thread, how do people generally turn off taps in Irish? Múch? Dún? Rud éigin eile?

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Only speaking personally. I can't be sure what others use.
Múch - with light, real or electrical - and fire.
'sconna a mhúchadh' - would sound odd to me. But as it's in the dictionary it must be said like that somewhere.

Other electrical appliances - "Cás air" or "Cuir air" / "cuir as".
Cás air an raidió. Cás dhó é. Cuir as é. Cás as é.
In the old days knobs were more common than push-buttons so we still say "turn on".
I don't think that to "cuir as" is Béarlachas. It is used often. You can also use with electrical lights.

'sconna a fhágáil ar siúl' - yeah, that's ok too.

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That is exactly how I think of it. Would you ever 'dún' a sconna?

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I wouldn't say "dún" in that context. But others might.

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I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Grma, a chara.

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