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Cluasa Creimirí, Coiníní, agus Bilbithe: A Little Break from our Irish Words for Pets Series Posted by róislín on Jul 29, 2017
(le Róislín) Let’s take a little break from peataí as such (our recent theme) and look more closely at, yes, cluasa (ears). Why? Well, did you notice those amazing jerboa ears in the last blogpost? If not, please check it out (nasc thíos). Or try to find them in the graphic above. Nach iontach iad?…
Coiníní Óga sa Nead: Describing Rabbits in Irish Posted by róislín on Jun 6, 2017
(le Róislín) Some of you may already know the word “coinín,” which means “rabbit,” “bunny,” or “bunny-rabbit.” In today’s blogpost, we’ll look at some ways to describe “na coiníní gleoite atá sa nead” in the picture above and we’ll also consider…
Aimsir na Cásca, Redux (Eastertide, Revisited) Posted by róislín on Mar 25, 2013
(le Róislín) Since An Cháisc is so early (chomh luath) this year (i mbliana), we’re interrupting the green beer-green bagel-green river thread to offer an Easter topic. We’ll resume the St. Patrick’s Day (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) follow-up shortly. For this blog, we’ll deal with the terminology of “Aimsir na Cásca” (the Easter season OR Eastertide). Here…