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The Irish for ‘I have a fever’ and, in passing, ‘I have the flu/hiccups/pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism’ Posted by róislín on Feb 29, 2020
(le Róislín) Given that a fever is one of the indicators of the novel coronavirus, let’s look at some vocabulary connected to fevers. The basic structure, like other illnesses or symptoms, is to say that the fever is “on you.” You may already know sentences like “Tá an fliú orm” or “Tá snag orm”, or…
Irish Words for Sneezing and Coughing — Sraothartach agus Casachtach (COVID-19 terms) Posted by róislín on Feb 18, 2020
(le Róislín) In keeping with the novel coronavirus terms introduced in the previous blog (nasc thíos), we add a few more terms here: sneezing and coughing, and related terms like “droplets” and “salivary.” Let’s start with “sneeze” and some of its various forms. The most basic, in my experience, is “sraoth a ligean” (lit. to…