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Aimsir na Cásca, Redux (Eastertide, Revisited)
Posted on 25. Mar, 2013 by róislín in Irish Language
(le Róislín) Since An Cháisc is so early (chomh luath) this year (i mbliana), we’re interrupting the green beer-green bagel-green river thread to offer an Easter topic. We’ll resume the St. Patrick’s Day follow-up shortly. For this blog, we’ll deal with the terminology of “Aimsir na Cásca” (the Easter season or Eastertide). Here, the word [...]
An Focal “aimsir”
Posted on 23. Apr, 2012 by róislín in Irish Language
(le Róislín) A little while ago, there was a query in our Facebook site about the word “aimsir” (http://www.facebook.com/learn.irish, on 8 Aibreán). And truly, I think it is surprising when one finds out that “aimsir” not only means “weather,” but also “time” (including “tide” for holiday times) and, regarding verbs, “tense.” Actually, it’s less surprising [...]
Cáisc, Cháisc, Chásca, Cásca et al. – Which One When?
Posted on 08. Apr, 2012 by róislín in Irish Language
(le Róislín) After seeing so many Easter phrases, you might start to wonder why there are so many different forms of the same word. Well, there’s the practical answer and the theoretical answer. Let’s start with the practical answer. For “Easter” in Irish we have the subject form (An Cháisc, lenited because it’s a femi-nine [...]
