(ar leanúint)

More phrases about graduation.

4) Cad a deir tú le céimí?

a) comhghairdeas [KOH- γARDJ-uss]         

b) comhghairm [KOH-γAR^zh-im]      

c) comhghairdeachas [KOH- γARDJ-ukh-uss]         

d) mo ghraidhin thú

e) a agus c agus d

5) An bhfuair tú féin céim i mbliana?  Má fuair, inis dúinn, más mian leat – an cineál céime agus an t-ábhar (leibhéal mar chéim bhaitsiléara/mháistir/dhochtúra nó ábhar ar bith ó ailtireacht go zó-eolaíocht nó gairm ar bith mar dhlí-eolaíocht nó leigheas)

Nótaí agus Freagraí

Súil Siar: Mí an Mheithimh, the month of June, Mí na gCéimnithe, the month of graduations

 4) Nótaí: What do you say to a grad? e) a, c, agus d

Answers a) and c) both mean “congratulations,” with c) more typical of Northern Irish.  They’re both compound words, based on “comh-“ (co-) and “gáir” (shout, outcry).

b) is incorrect, since it means “convocation” (it’s simply the next word in the dictionary!)

d) is also correct, meaning, “Bravo!” or “Good yourself!” “Go deo” can be added after “ghraidhin” for emphasis, meaning, literally, “forever.”   The exact meaning of “graidhin” is unclear but the structure of the phrase is “You are my “graidhin,” so it’s clearly something favorable.  Perhaps “gráidhín” (little love)?  “Graidhin” is pronounced to rhyme with “whine,”  “sign,” or “grind” without the “d,” with just a suggestion of having two syllables (and the “-dh-“ silent)..  Make sure you don’t pronounce it like the word “gráin” [GRAW-in] which means “disgust” or “ugliness.” 

5) gluais: ábhar, subject; ailtireacht, architecture; baitsiléir, bachelor; dlí-eolaíocht, jurisprudence; fuair, got; gairm, profession; inis dúinn, tell us; leigheas, medicine; máistir, master; más mian leat, if you wish; zó-eolaíocht, zoology