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Five More Irish Names for Girls: Nóinín, Pt. 4 of ‘Names with a Flower Theme (Bláth / Bláithín / Bláthnaid, Daifne / Dafnae, Lil / Lile, Nóinín, Róisín / Róis / Róise, and, sort of, Mairéad / Maighréad)’ Posted by róislín on May 11, 2016
(le Róislín) Daisy? Nóra? Onóra? Honor? Nóirín vs. Nóinín? So what exactly is going on here with this name? Well, here’s the short answer. “Nóinín” is generally considered to be a variation of the name Nóra (Onóra), even though “Nóra” also has another diminutive form, “Nóirín” (Noreen). The name “Onóra” means “honor (honour),” close to…
Ag Cur Cat ar Fhuinneoga (or at least ‘á n-oscailt,’ the windows, that is) Posted by róislín on Mar 4, 2014
(le Róislín) Recently we’ve gone from discussing bridges, like Droichead na Leathphingine (Baile Átha Cliath) and Droichead na Cónaidhme (Ceanada) to discussing windows (fuinneoga). Well, one window (fuinneog amháin) anyway, the well-known “Carpenter Gothic” one in Grant Wood’s American Gothic. So let’s look a little closer at the word “window” itself in its various forms…
Ag Comhaireamh Puimcíní (Counting Pumpkins in Irish) agus Beagán “Smashing” Freisin Posted by róislín on Oct 31, 2011
(le Róislín) What better íocón cultúrtha for both Mí Dheireadh Fómhair (agus Oíche Shamhna) and Mí na Samhna (November) than puimcíní? I Meiriceá, ar a laghad, ar ndóigh. Puimcíní snoite d’Oíche Shamhna – aghaidheanna scanrúla agus dradgháirí bagracha orthu! An tOllphuimcín [un TOL-FwIM-keen] (ó na scéalta faoi Charlie Brown agus Snoopy) Pióga puimcín á n-ithe…
Logainmneacha a Thosaíonn le Gutaí (a, e, i, o, u) agus “in” Posted by róislín on Jul 19, 2011
(le Róislín) Our last blog dealt with places names like Ceanada and Cúba, which take “urú,” and additional place names like Meicsiceo or Sasana, which are not subject to “urú” because of the letters they happen to start with. As you may recall, the “urú” examples work like this: Tá sé ina chónaí i gCeanada. …
Logainmneacha Eile: Urú agus Ainmneacha gan “An” Posted by róislín on Jul 15, 2011
(le Róislín) Here are some more possibilities for saying where you live, according to country, to follow up on the flurry of interest after the recent “ghost-town” blog (an blag faoin scáilbhaile). This blog will just deal with ainmneacha tíortha that don’t include the definite article, like Ceanada, Meicsiceo, Sasana, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá. Irish, unlike…
Where Do You Live? Cá Bhfuil Tú i do Chónaí? I mBaile Nach “Scáilbhaile” É! Posted by róislín on Jul 12, 2011
(le Róislín) Since we had a nice flurry of responses to the question about “Where do you live? In American Flag, Arizona?” (iarbhlag: nasc thíos) I figured we’d try a few more locations where readers of this blog might live, i.e. bailte, srl., nach scáilbhailte íad (towns, etc., that aren’t ghost towns). Of course, the…