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Cineálacha Deochanna (Types of Drinks) Posted by róislín on Mar 13, 2011
le Róislín Mostly this blog will discuss beverages associated with Lá Fhéile Pádraig and save sú páiseoige and sú tráta and the like for a later blog. Let’s start with some of the basics, like beer, ale, and whiskey (note the ‘-ey” spelling of whiskey here, since this a blog about Irish. Ceistín ort: Cé a…
Téarmaí Eile le “leath” (“half”-terms) Posted by róislín on Mar 9, 2011
le Róislín Here’s another sampling of phrases using the word “leath,” sometimes as a prefix (causing lenition) and sometimes as a separate word. Ar dtús, samplaí mar réimír: leathbháite, half-drowned, drenched leathscoite, semi-detached (said of a house, etc.) leath-théarma, half-term, as in a “half-term break” and, curiously, leathnocht, half-naked (cén leath atá i gceist anseo?)…
LeathMhanannaigh, Leathbhádóirí, Leathchúlaithe agus Téarmaí Eile le “Leath-“ (Half-) Posted by róislín on Mar 7, 2011
le Róislín Thart fá mhí ó shin scríobh “LeathMhanannach” isteach nuair a bhí muid ag caint faoi dhaonra an liosta seo. Manannach mná a bhí ina mháthair. Go raibh maith agat, a LeathMhanannaigh, as scríobh agus as ábhar don bhlag a spreagadh. Before we go further with “leath-“ terms, let’s clarify the alt above: thart…
Cineálacha “ollywood-anna” agus “-álaithe” Posted by róislín on Feb 28, 2011
le Róislín We recently talked about the neologism “blagálaí-wood,” which I coined for a recent blog in this series. Encouraged by the nóta tráchta deas ó Áine, I’ll add a little bit more about the word and the suffixes “-anna” (for plurals) and “-álaí” (for occupations). By the way, Áine is herself a blagálaí iontach…
Manannachas Posted by róislín on Feb 6, 2011
Great to hear recently from a Manannach, who was wondering an bhfuil Manannaigh eile ar an liosta? Má tá, scríobhaigí isteach, mura mhiste libh. It would be great to hear from you also. Speaking of things Manx, I thought we’d review some of the Manx-related terms that came up in one of the first blogs…
Tír le Teanga Posted by róislín on Feb 3, 2011
Agus aríst eile! And yet again! More nationalities and ethnicities, but this time for you to figure out. I’m giving you ainm na tíre / an cheantair agus ainm na teanga / na dteangacha. I hope that from that, you can figure out the nationality, ethnicity, or relevant ethnonym. And then, if it’s yours, please…
Náisiúntachtaí agus Eitneachtaí Eile, srl.: A go beagnach Z Posted by róislín on Jan 31, 2011
And why not regular old “A to Z” as such? Well, I can’t really find any documentable ethnonym in Irish that starts with “Z.” Most words which would be candidates actually start with “s” in Irish, since “z” was not a traditional letter in aibítir na Gaeilge. Mar shampla: Saimbiach, Saimbéiseach, Súlú. An dtuigeann tú…