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Four Ways the Irish Word Ending “-icí” Can Be Used (Picnicí, Eiticí, Seicí, Vicí) Posted by róislín on Aug 27, 2018
(le Róislín) Remember the two recent blogposts about “picnicí” (naisc thíos). Well, one was really about picnics and the other one was really about counting how many people were at the picnic. Thinking about the word “picnic” (plural: picnicí) and how it might have gotten borrowed into Irish got me thinking about what other words…
Counting People in Irish — Cén daoine? Na daoine ag an bpic-nic! Posted by róislín on Aug 25, 2018
(le Róislín) Counting people in Irish is fairly straightforward, but there are two important things to remember: The question “How many people …?” keeps the word for “people” in the singular in Irish, so we use “duine” (person), not “daoine” (people). The question is “Cé mhéad duine …?” There is a special system of numbers…
The Word ‘Picnic’ in Irish and the Mysterious Insect ‘Créachadóir na bPicnicí’ Posted by róislín on Aug 22, 2018
(le Róislín) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Cole%27s_%22The_Picnic%22,_Brooklyn_Museum_IMG_3787.JPG, A Pic-Nic Party (The Picnic), by Thomas Cole (1801-1848), public domain; lipéad Gaeilge le Róislín, 2018 It’s not hard to figure out how to say ‘picnic’ in Irish – it’s “picnic”! The only thing that’s a bit tricky is to figure out what slight changes might occur to the word when we…
Picnic Lá Samhraidh Posted by róislín on Jul 10, 2009
Even though “An Ceathrú” (The Fourth) is now over for this year, with all of its picnic activities, I imagine there will be many more picnicí held over the course of the summer. Here are some selections of bia picnice (picnic food) that are popular in my neck of the woods (and that’s an…