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25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a hAon (Pt. 1) Posted by róislín on Feb 25, 2016
(le Róislín) In a recent blog (nasc thíos), we examined the word ‘muirín,’ one of many Irish words for ‘family.’ As you may recall, we looked at “muirín” in comparison to a homograph (muirín as “a scallop,” of all things!) and also in comparison to the similarly-spelled múirín, which has two distinct meanings, 1)…
An Dara Grúpa d’Fhocail: Curiosity, Passion, Interest, Heritage, Family (i nGaeilge) Posted by róislín on Sep 28, 2013
(le Róislín) In the previous blog we looked at the Irish for the five most prominent terms in this speech balloon. Seo iad: Eolas, Grá, Cultúr, Spraoi, Cairde. An cuimhin leat an Béarla atá orthu? The translations back into English are below (má tá cuidiú de dhíth ort). Anois, an chéad ghrúpa eile d’fhocail. But wait…