Tag Archives: gráin
Beagáinín Eile faoi Théarmaí Vailintín: “Macushla” Mar Ainm Bó Posted by róislín on Feb 23, 2011
(le Róislín) CGL, Hollywood atá i gceist anseo. GRMA do Christín as an tagairt (reference) don bhó “Macushla” a sheoladh isteach. Tá a nóta sna nótaí tráchta (comments) don bhlag seo, 2/17/11 “Níos Mó Téarmaí Vailintín”. Cuirfidh mé Gaeilge ar ainm an scannáin ina bhfuil “Macushla” in “bónaisteoir tacaíochta” agus b’fhéidir go n-aithneoidh sibhse…
An Briathar “Gráigh!” (Love!) i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Feb 14, 2011
(le Róislín) The more I look into it, the more unusual features this verb seems to have. Interesting, and a bit complex, especially because of overlapping forms and near homonyms that are actually antonyms. Good news? It’s not used nearly as much as the forms we’ve recently gone over, especially “Mo ghrá thú.” So if you…
Maidir le Succotash (Cuid a Dó) Posted by róislín on Nov 29, 2010
(le Róislín) We recently finished a discussion of pónairí móra (líoma, as in “lima”) as a comhábhar for succotash. Now here’s corn, the second major ingredient. That’s “corn” in the U.S. sense. The word “corn” in Irish and UK English usually means “edible grain” in general, NOT specifically maize or sweet corn. In Irish, “arbhar” (corn…