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An Irish Vocabulary Guide for Gwyneth Wynn’s ‘Micí ar an bPortach’ Posted by róislín on Apr 16, 2017
(le Róislín) One of my favorite Irish children’s books is Micí ar an bPortach by Gwyneth Wynn (An Gúm, 1998, ISBN 1-85791-226-8). Since some of you might also enjoy reading it, I thought I supply a little glossary to go with the story. While most of the vocabulary is pretty basic, there are some words…
Drúchta, Drúchtáin agus Drúchtíní — A Thiarcais! (Dewdrops, Little Dewdrops and Slugs — Definitely an ‘Oh-My’) [Ainmneacha Plandaí 4] Posted by róislín on Sep 27, 2016
(le Róislín) Another occasion for a three-part lions-tigers-and- bears-ish meme. In this blogpost, we’ll look at the following words: drúcht, drúchtán, drúchtín, and móin (and its genitive case, móna) and the plant, drúchtín móna. First let’s do “dew” drúcht, usually meaning dew or a drop of a liquid (although the latter general usage is more…