Tag Archives: Máire Chatach
Speaking of ‘Féasóga’ — What Color Is His ‘Féasóg’ in Irish? Posted by róislín on Jun 12, 2015
(le Róislín) Lately we’ve been talking a lot about dath gruaige in Irish, including the following: rua, fionnrua, órdhonn, donn, dubh, fionn, liath, and even, as in bréagfholt Phyllis Diller, gorm). We also practiced saying someone “has” a certain color hair in Irish. Remember, to say the person “has” that color hair, we don’t use…
Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, and An Fómhar vs. an Fómhair Posted by róislín on Sep 15, 2012
(le Róislín) We may as well take a break from animal terms for a while, although no doubt we’ll return to the subject, since there are about 5396 more mamaigh to go, and about 1,250,000 speicis if we include inveirteabraigh (m. sh. feithidí, moilisc, crústaigh) and veirteabraigh (m. sh. éisc, amfaibiaigh, reiptílí, éin). Since the…