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Cé Hé Uimhir a Sé? — Practicing Some Numbers in Irish Posted by on Jan 28, 2015

(le Róislín) ‘Cé hé Uimhir a Sé?’  That might seem like an odd question at first, but, remember the number that was in the graphic for the last blog (nasc thíos)?  There was a reason for picking that number to illustrate the theme from The Prisoner.  In this blog, we’ll look a little closer at uimhreacha and…

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How to Say ‘Multilingual Madness’ in Irish (Cuid 2/2) Posted by on Apr 6, 2014

 (le Róislín)   In the last blog, we looked at the word “multilingual” in Irish and discussed “ilteangach” and “ilbhéarlach” as the choices.  Both use the prefix “il-” (“many;” also found in words like “ilghuthach” and “ilstórach“). “Teangach,” as the core of the word “ilteangach,” is, of course, from “teanga” (tongue), and “-bhéarlach” (lenited after…

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