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Athleanúint don Athleanúint: Lóistíocht (Cuid/Part 1) Posted by róislín on May 24, 2017
(le Róislín) One good glossary (gluais) deserves another, I suppose one might say. The last blogpost was a vocabulary round-up for the post before that, which had managed to jump from discussing chips/French fries to logistics (naisc thíos). Today we’ll continue with a follow-up to the follow-up (athleanúint don athleanúint) with further discussion of some…
An Iarmhír “-ach” sa Chúigiú Díochlaonadh: Beoir (Beer) vs. Beorach (of Beer), srl. Posted by róislín on Jun 3, 2011
(le Róislín) We’ve recently seen one pattern for the 5th category of Irish nouns (an cúigiú díochlaonadh), which involved dropping the “i” of words like máthair, athair, deartháir, and bráthair. As you may recall, that change results in phrases like the following (aistriúcháin thíos): a) gach mac máthar b) in ainm an Athar c) carr…