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Naoimh, Neimhe, Néimhe, and Nimhe — and what does any of this have to do with Saint Patrick? (Cuid 2 as 2) Posted by róislín on Mar 27, 2016
(le Róislín) We interrupted our “Naoimh, Neimhe, Néimhe, Nimhe” sequence (nasc thíos) for an Easter preview, but now let’s go back to wrap up this thrilling excursion through the genitive case, stopping at the second declension. The second who? It’s a category of nouns in Irish with similar endings to show possession and plural and…
Ababú! — Cá as a dtáinig an litir “b” as áit sa bhlag deireanach? Posted by róislín on Dec 21, 2014
(le Róislín) Bhuel, some of you may have noticed the mysterious “b” in the emailed version of the last blog. In one case, it replaced the word “oíche” and in another case, it showed up at the end of what should have been “Nollag.” After staring at those words for a while, when I got…