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Speaking of Water-Lilies, whether you know them as bual-lilí, bior-rósanna, duilleoga báite, or póicíní locha Posted by róislín on Jun 30, 2019
(le Róislín) Our most recent post showed some amazingly large water-lilies and looked at the terminology for them. Researching that, I also found the amazing illustration above. Who could resist turning this into a teachable moment – how to say “girl,” “standing,” and “on a water-lily” in Irish? For the second part of today’s blog, we’ll…
Five More Irish Names for Girls: Lil / Lile, Pt. 3 of ‘Names with a Flower Theme (Bláth / Bláithín / Bláthnaid, Daifne / Dafnae, Lil / Lile, Nóinín, Róisín / Róis / Róise, and, sort of, Mairéad / Maighréad)’ Posted by róislín on May 6, 2016
(le Róislín) Continuing with our series of flower-themed names for girls (naisc thíos), let’s look now at the names “Lil” and “Lile (Líle),” which may be equated with Lily or Lelia, or which may be pet forms of the names “Elizabeth” and/or “Cecilia.” That latter derivation is from the late Irish names authority, Patrick Woulfe…
Five More Irish Names for Girls — Names with a Flower Theme (Bláth / Bláithín / Bláthnaid, Daifne / Dafnae, Lil / Lile, Nóinín, Róisín / Róis / Róise, and, sort of, Mairéad / Maighréad) Posted by róislín on Apr 21, 2016
(le Róislín) OK, so that’s really “trí ainm déag” but five name “families”, so I stuck with using “five” in the title of this blogpost, since it matches the format of the recent other entries in this series (naisc thíos). If anyone has some further suggestions for names based on flowers, I’d love to hear…