Tag Archives: Samhain
Na Míonna, Na Mìosan, Ny Meeghyn (in Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx), Cuid 4 as 4 Posted by róislín on Sep 27, 2012
(le Róislín) Gotta love the etymology–each one of these months could be a blog in and of itself! But for now, I’ll post this as a summary chart, with some notes for each month below. The Irish is still on the far left, the Scottish Gaelic next, the English meaning next, and finally related words…
Na Míonna, Na Mìosan, Ny Meeghyn (in Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx), Cuid 2 as 4 Posted by róislín on Sep 21, 2012
(le Róislín) In this blog, we’ll look more closely at the meanings of the Manx Gaelic names for the months and see what their names mean in Irish. For those who want an Béarla, that will also be provided i gcairt eile (thíos). It’s suimiúil to note how readily translatable the Manx names are into…
Na Míonna, Na Mìosan, Ny Meeghyn (in Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx), Cuid 1 as 4 Posted by róislín on Sep 18, 2012
(le Róislín) Inspired by the last blog, I thought it would be interesting to create a chart showing the months of the year in the three Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish, Manx). This will show us which ones are based on the same concept (like Irish Lúnasa and Scottish Gaelic Lùnastal) and which ones aren’t (like…
Ag Comhaireamh Puimcíní (Counting Pumpkins in Irish) agus Beagán “Smashing” Freisin Posted by róislín on Oct 31, 2011
(le Róislín) What better íocón cultúrtha for both Mí Dheireadh Fómhair (agus Oíche Shamhna) and Mí na Samhna (November) than puimcíní? I Meiriceá, ar a laghad, ar ndóigh. Puimcíní snoite d’Oíche Shamhna – aghaidheanna scanrúla agus dradgháirí bagracha orthu! An tOllphuimcín [un TOL-FwIM-keen] (ó na scéalta faoi Charlie Brown agus Snoopy) Pióga puimcín á n-ithe…
A Zombaithe Go Léir, (Ná) Folaígí Bhur nAghaidheanna! (All You Zombies…!) Posted by róislín on Oct 21, 2011
(le Róislín) I’m rather stupefied by all the cultacha zombaí for Halloween this year, so couldn’t resist a few more mix’n’match phrases. Keep in mind that in all these cases, the word “zombaí” is functioning as an adjective, so it comes after the main noun. In this case, unlike the previous costume match-up, which was completing…
Cultacha Samhna don Bhliain 2011 Posted by róislín on Oct 18, 2011
(le Róislín) As some of you may recall, last year we did a little vocabulary match-up with Halloween costumes. Let’s try it again for 2011. Each costume name has two words or phrases in Irish, one in Colún A and the other in Colún B. One thing to remember is that word order in Irish…
Ag Tarraingt ar Oíche Shamhna (Halloween’s Coming!) Posted by róislín on Oct 15, 2011
(le Róislín) Halloween is, of course, a very Celtic topic, and you may be familiar with some of the basics of its role sa bhféilire Ceilteach. So in today’s blog, we’ll mostly focus on the phrase itself, its pronunciation and basic meaning. The word order of the Irish phrase is a reversal of the English. …