Tag Archives: cúpla
Another Irish Word Beginning with the Letter ‘Y’ (‘Yólais’ as well as ‘yó-yó,’ etc.) Posted by róislín on Aug 4, 2018
(le Róislín) A few years ago I ran a mionsraith of blagmhíreanna about Irish words that started with some of the litreacha neamhthraidisiúnta in the Irish alphabet, like v, w, x, and y (naisc thíos). Among the few examples that we have for “y” are “yó-yó” (not surprisingly, just add the síneadh fada) and yaincín…
Cé Mhéad Tuíodóir? (How many thatchers?) Posted by róislín on Apr 21, 2013
(le Róislín) In the last blog, I raised the question of how many professional thatchers are out there, curious as to whether the trade growing or declining. Trying to search for numbers of thatchers in the US, Canada, and Australia proved a bit time-consuming. Computer searches mostly ended up giving me results for “dethatching” services…
Rudaí Gaelacha, Rudaí Éireannacha Posted by róislín on Aug 17, 2011
(le Róislín) We’ve recently discussed rudaí Francacha and a cluster of rudaí Ollannacha, rudaí Dúitseacha, agus rudaí Ísiltíreacha. How about now cúpla rud Gaelach agus cúpla rud Éireannach? And before we proceed with the interesting cultural “stuif,” let’s look at the structures in the paragraph thuas. Rudaí is a plural noun (plural of rud, thing)…
Cúpla Teanga Eile (Cathú Dochloíte): Gearmáinis, Gaillis, Ollainis, Seicis, srl. Posted by róislín on Aug 22, 2009
Ah, well, this is still only barr an chnoic oighir. But, cén dochar? I’ve picked some representative figures here to illustrate someone saying they speak a given language. Is mise Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Labhraím Gearmáinis. Is muide Asterix agus Obelix. Labhraímid Gaillis agus Laidin. Is mise Vincent Van Gogh. Labhraím…