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From ‘Stáit’ to ‘Stát’ and Back Again: Various Ways to Say ‘The United States of America’ in Irish Posted by róislín on Sep 26, 2014
(le Róislín) In the last blog, about the word “aontaithe,” (nasc thíos), we referred briefly to the various ways to say “the United States of America” in Irish. There are some subtle differences, depending on how the phrase is used. And of course, there are different phrases for specifically saying “the United States of America,”…
Díochlaontaí Arís! Posted by róislín on Apr 24, 2011
(le Róislín) Two words that pertain to Easter conveniently fit our next category of nouns, an tríú díochlaonadh (the third declension). One is the word “Cáisc” itself, and the other is “uaineoil.” As you may recall, before we took our “Sos Pónairí Glóthaí” and “Sos Cásca,” we had gotten through the first two declensions of…
Tragóid i Háítí: An Crith Talún Posted by róislín on Jan 15, 2010
(le Róislín) Before returning to the ábhar éadromchroích I had planned for following up on the blogpost on “Lochlannach” (nasc thíos), I’d like to introduce some terms for discussing na himeachtaí i Háítí. Mostly this will just be in list format, since I find the situation almost too overwhelming, especially so close on the…