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Everyone knows it’s … gaofar … gaothach… feothanach … fleách … seadánach, srl. (windy, breezy, etc. in Irish, with a nod to the Ruthann Friedman song) Posted by róislín on Oct 20, 2017
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(le Róislín) In the last blogpost (nasc thíos), we looked at some (some 60+ that is!) possibilities for words or phrases involving the following: breezes, winds, gusts, squalls, and gales. That was all a follow-up to the earlier post on hairicíní (nasc eile thíos). Today, before moving on to topaicí Oíche Shamhna (since it is…
Some (60+) Irish Words and Phrases for Breeze, Wind, Gust, Squall, and Gale. Oh, and Zephyr! Posted by róislín on Oct 16, 2017
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(le Róislín) Since we recently discussed wind, in general, and hurricanes, I thought it might be interesting to look at more words for wind. The meteorological sort, that is. So here’s a fairly comprehensive list, but eventually there will be more. It’s a really rich vocabulary in Irish Unlike my usual approach, of including plurals…