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Irish Words ending with ‘-íceach’ and sometimes ‘-ícigh’ or ‘-ící’ – dosaen fada díobh Posted by róislín on Aug 29, 2018
(le Róislín) From “-icí” [IK-ee] to “-ící” [EEK-ee]! In the last blogpost (nasc thíos) we looked at some Irish words ending in “-icí,” either in their basic structure, like “dicí” or “soinicí” or in an inflected form, like “picnicí,” “gúsnaicí,” or “ceimicí.” Today we’ll look at a few Irish words ending in “-íceach,” which in…
An bhfuil peata agat? Talking about Pets in Irish: Pearóidí (parrots) Posted by róislín on Jul 21, 2017
(le Róislín) Continuing with our “téama” of “peataí” (naisc thíos), how about “pearóidí“? Does anyone here have a parrot “mar pheata“? Má tá, an bhfuil Gaeilge ag an bpearóid? ‘S é sin a rá, an labhraíonn an phearóid, agus má labhraíonn, an labhraíonn an phearóid Gaeilge? Bhuel, before we look for “freagraí” to that, did…
Tuilleadh Téarmaí Oíche Shamhna (More Halloween Terms) Posted by róislín on Oct 31, 2009
(le Róislín) An bhfuil culaith Oíche Shamhna agat? Do you have a Halloween costume? Má tá, cén sórt culaithe atá ann? An mbeidh tú i do vaimpír? [un may too ih duh VAM-peerzh?] Beidh [bay] / Ní bheidh [nee vay] For these questions, note that you’re literally saying something like, “Will you be in your vampire?”…