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More Names for Dandelions in Irish (and in Welsh, too) [Ainmneacha Plandaí 3] Posted by on Sep 25, 2016

(le Roislin) Searbh … searbhán … caisearbhán.  That’s how the Irish language builds up its most basic term for dandelion (caisearbhán, say “kash-ar-uv-awn”) as we’ve seen in the most recent blogpost here, as well as a few earlier ones (naisc thíos). But wait there’s more!  In fact, four more ways to say “dandelion” in Irish…

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