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Titles, Quotes, and Sayings in Irish to Practice Terms for ‘Daoine Muinteartha’ (Family Members), Cuid/Part 1 Posted by róislín on Nov 28, 2016
(le Róislín) Aithreacha, máithreacha, deirfiúracha agus deartháireacha agus a thuilleadh. Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, and more. Today’s blogpost consists of a few traditional proverbs in Irish and a variety of quotes, paraphrases, and classic book, movie, or TV program titles that I have translated into Irish or written in Irish. In each case, a key…
Terms for Family Relationships in Irish — Gaolta Teaghlaigh Posted by róislín on Nov 16, 2016
(le Róislín) As we approach two major holiday seasons, Lá an Altaithe (i Meiriceá) and An Nollaig (go hidirnáisiúnta), many people will be traveling great distances to spend time with their families (a dteaghlaigh). So let’s take break from looking at leasghaolta (steprelationships), as we’ve done in the recent blogposts, and look at the broader…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Ceathair (Pt. 4) Posted by róislín on Mar 6, 2016
(le Róislín) The previous three blogs have dealt with fifteen different ways to say “family” in Irish (naisc thíos), starting with “teaghlach” and “clann.” Today we’ll look at some aspects of the extended family, referring to “descendants”, starting our list with no. 16. Remember, “gs” for “genitive singular and “gpl” for “genitive plural” D…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Trí (Pt. 3) Posted by róislín on Feb 29, 2016
(le Róislín) So far, in this mionsraith within this blog, we’ve looked at seven out of the 25 ways to say “family” in Irish that I have identified. In today’s post, we’ll look further at words that have to do with the extended family or relatives. And just as a little review, let’s try a…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Dó (Pt. 2) Posted by róislín on Feb 27, 2016
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at the first four in our list of 25 ways to say “family” in Irish: teaghlach, clann, líon tí and comhluadar. Today we’ll continue with some words pertaining to the family as responsibility. We’ll use the same format, the basic term, the definitions, additional forms of the…
25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a hAon (Pt. 1) Posted by róislín on Feb 25, 2016
(le Róislín) In a recent blog (nasc thíos), we examined the word ‘muirín,’ one of many Irish words for ‘family.’ As you may recall, we looked at “muirín” in comparison to a homograph (muirín as “a scallop,” of all things!) and also in comparison to the similarly-spelled múirín, which has two distinct meanings, 1)…
An Dara Grúpa d’Fhocail: Curiosity, Passion, Interest, Heritage, Family (i nGaeilge) Posted by róislín on Sep 28, 2013
(le Róislín) In the previous blog we looked at the Irish for the five most prominent terms in this speech balloon. Seo iad: Eolas, Grá, Cultúr, Spraoi, Cairde. An cuimhin leat an Béarla atá orthu? The translations back into English are below (má tá cuidiú de dhíth ort). Anois, an chéad ghrúpa eile d’fhocail. But wait…