Órang-útain, Goraillí, agus Uibheacha Cásca, a Thiarcais! (an Easter theme and an Irish meme) Posted by róislín on Mar 25, 2016
(le Róislín) Bhuel, over the years, I written quite a few blaganna with an Easter theme, including basic terminology, the various forms of the word for “Easter” (an Cháisc), and how to describe eating a chocolate Easter bunny (cluasa, ar dtús, de ghnáth), cluasa go ruball, or even a chocolate Easter bilby (bilbí Cásca seacláide)…
Naoimh, Neimhe, Néimhe, and Nimhe — and what does any of this have to do with Saint Patrick? (Cuid 1 as 2) Posted by róislín on Mar 20, 2016
(le Róislín) Well, to answer the title question, the St. Patrick connection will primarily be in the first of the four words in the title, “naoimh.” You might remember that in the most recent blog (nasc thíos), we looked at these five words: naomh, neamh, neamh- (the prefix), Niamh, and nimh, meaning, in order: saint…
Naomh, Neamh, Neamh-, Niamh, Nimh — Which One Pertains to St. Patrick and How Do You Pronounce Them? Posted by róislín on Mar 17, 2016
(le Róislín) Oh, the beauty of péirí íosdifríochta! In the title we see five words that have similar spellings and somewhat similar sounds. So let’s dig right in and see what the differences are. We’ll start with “naomh” for two reasons. First, it comes first alphabetically, never a bad reason for sequencing. Second, this is…
Ten Ways to Say ‘Rainbow’ in Irish, with pronunciation tips Posted by róislín on Mar 13, 2016
(le Róislín) So, I wonder how many other languages have more than one word for “rainbow.” Irish does, at any rate, as you probably figured from the title of this blog. And here they are, just in time for “Lá Fhéile Pádraig.” You might remember at least one of these from last year’s special St…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Ceathair (Pt. 4) Posted by róislín on Mar 6, 2016
(le Róislín) The previous three blogs have dealt with fifteen different ways to say “family” in Irish (naisc thíos), starting with “teaghlach” and “clann.” Today we’ll look at some aspects of the extended family, referring to “descendants”, starting our list with no. 16. Remember, “gs” for “genitive singular and “gpl” for “genitive plural” D…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Trí (Pt. 3) Posted by róislín on Feb 29, 2016
(le Róislín) So far, in this mionsraith within this blog, we’ve looked at seven out of the 25 ways to say “family” in Irish that I have identified. In today’s post, we’ll look further at words that have to do with the extended family or relatives. And just as a little review, let’s try a…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Dó (Pt. 2) Posted by róislín on Feb 27, 2016
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at the first four in our list of 25 ways to say “family” in Irish: teaghlach, clann, líon tí and comhluadar. Today we’ll continue with some words pertaining to the family as responsibility. We’ll use the same format, the basic term, the definitions, additional forms of the…