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Time Is of the Essence, except for “Eadra” and its Cohorts Posted by on Apr 30, 2012

(le Róislín) Thinking further about all the “time” words we’ve recently discussed, another thought struck me, with interesting vocabulary implications.  The following terms use the “-time” suffix in English, but not in Irish. Daytime: there are several ways to express this, none using “-time” as such: an lá (as a noun) and, for “in the…

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Na Séasúir (The Seasons, in Irish) Posted by on Sep 21, 2011

(le Róislín) Here’s yet another topic based on “an féilire.”  In Irish, na séasúir are samhradh, earrach, fómhar and geimhreadh.  As you may have noticed, I didn’t list them in the order we usually think of them, just so we can do another round of meaitseáil.  These four words may not very recognizable from an…

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