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How to Say ‘Multilingual Madness’ in Irish (Cuid 2/2) Posted by róislín on Apr 6, 2014
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at the word “multilingual” in Irish and discussed “ilteangach” and “ilbhéarlach” as the choices. Both use the prefix “il-” (“many;” also found in words like “ilghuthach” and “ilstórach“). “Teangach,” as the core of the word “ilteangach,” is, of course, from “teanga” (tongue), and “-bhéarlach” (lenited after…
How to Say ‘Multilingual Madness’ in Irish (Cuid 1/2) Posted by róislín on Apr 2, 2014
(le Róislín) Lately we’ve seen a lot of posts about “Multilingual Madness” on Transparent Language websites (nasc thíos). So let’s take a look at the phrase in Irish. How do we say “multilingual”? With some trepidation, we’ll also discuss how to say “madness” (there’ll be a lot of choices — at least 9, depending on…