{"id":10038,"date":"2018-01-07T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=10038"},"modified":"2018-01-24T23:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T23:27:50","slug":"a-short-glossary-for-the-irish-rap-song-c-e-a-r-t-a-by-kneecap-rapcheol-gaeilge-cuid-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/a-short-glossary-for-the-irish-rap-song-c-e-a-r-t-a-by-kneecap-rapcheol-gaeilge-cuid-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Glossary for the Irish Rap Song “C.E.A.R.T.A” by Kneecap (Rapcheol Gaeilge) [Cuid\/Pt.1]"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1) graific le naturwohl-gesundheit \/ 15 images (https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/arthrocalman-osteoarthritis-knee-2384254\/<\/a>) CC0 Creative Commons; T\u00e9acs Gaeilge le R\u00f3isl\u00edn, 2018; 2) graific le Clker-Free-Vector-Images \/ 29610 images; (https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/rapper-music-rap-silhouette-297472\/<\/a>); T\u00e9acs Gaeilge le R\u00f3isl\u00edn, 2018<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Published on YouTube on December 15, 2017, the rap song “C.E.A.R.T.A” \u00a0(nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>) has been sweeping through the “cibearGhaeltacht<\/strong>“.\u00a0 Most of the comments I’ve seen are wildly favorable, with a few spoilsports badmouthing the song entirely.<\/p>\n

I followed one link for the lyrics, but it was a dead link.\u00a0 So I was getting ready to work on transcribing the words, when I finally found them in the publication N\u00f3s<\/em> (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>).\u00a0 I’ve picked out a few interesting vocabulary words for this glossary.\u00a0 Not, BTW, the Irish versions of the “f” word, which are clear enough in their meaning, whatever the spelling.\u00a0 Also, I’ve added stanza numbers.<\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 1) mullach<\/strong>, top, summit, crown of head; ar \u00e1r mullach<\/strong>, on top of our head(s)<\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 1) go bhfaighidh<\/strong>, a lovely irregular verb (from “faigh<\/strong>” get), future tense, dependent form, with the whole “bhfaighidh<\/strong>” sound basically reduced to one syllable, like “wee” or “why,” depending on your dialect.\u00a0 So what does it mean, after all that?\u00a0 “Seans ar bith go bhfaighidh siad<\/strong>” means “no chance that they will get”<\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 2) ar b\u00eds<\/strong>, in suspense, on tenterhooks, the latter being an interesting English idiom, in and of itself, dating back to the early days of the woollen industry. \u00a0“Tenterhooks” were hooks for stretching woollen cloth on a frame while it dried after being washed or soaked for softening.\u00a0 Definitely painful-sounding for a person, although Doctor Who<\/em>‘s Lady Cassandra didn’t seem to mind!\u00a0 Remember her?\u00a0 If not, there’s a link below.\u00a0 \u00a0Word for word, “ar b\u00eds<\/strong>” means “on a vice (grip)” or “on a spiral,” but I think the idea is more like being “in<\/em> a vice grip” or (somehow), “in<\/em> a spiral.”\u00a0 That “vice grip” in US English is a “vise grip.”\u00a0 Normally, for something spiral-shaped, I’d use “caisirn\u00edn<\/strong>,” but we do have “staighre b\u00edse<\/strong>” (a spiral staircase).<\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 2) snaois<\/strong>, well, normally it means “snuff — sin an m\u00e9id a d\u00e9arfaidh m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s a feminine noun, so “the snuff” is “an tsnaois<\/strong>” [say: un tneesh, the 1st s is silent] and “of the snuff” would be “na snaoise<\/strong>” (dath na snaoise<\/strong>, the color of the snuff)<\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 2) “ket,” not Irish, of course, but English slang, and, well, all I need to say here I guess is that this isn’t “ket” as in the Northern English dialect word “ket” meaning “sweets” (candy).\u00a0 Duine ar bith agaibh anseo a deir <\/strong>“ket” do “mhilse\u00e1in” n\u00f3 do chanda\u00ed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

V\u00e9arsa 2) c\u00edos<\/strong>, rent, i.e. the rent money.\u00a0 Hmm, I think we have a variation of the “I drank my rent money” trope here, although this time it’s not “pionta\u00ed leanna<\/strong>” as in the song “N\u00edl s\u00e9 ‘na l\u00e1.”\u00a0 Remember, the speaker in that song says, “Nach mise f\u00e9in an fear gan ch\u00e9ill a d’fh\u00e1g mo ch\u00edos i mo scornaigh<\/strong>?”\u00a0 Wondering about “gan ch\u00e9ill<\/strong>” or “scornaigh<\/strong>“?\u00a0 They’re old dative-case forms, meaning “gan chiall<\/strong>” (foolish, without sense) and “scornach<\/strong>” (throat).<\/p>\n

Na v\u00e9arsa\u00ed eile le teacht!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the title of the song, there’s an interesting pronunciation point involved.\u00a0 The word “ceart<\/strong>” (“right”, as a noun, as in “cearta sibhialta<\/strong>” or adjective, as in “freagra ceart<\/strong>“) is probably quite well known.\u00a0 But there is one point that American learners of Irish may need to keep in mind.\u00a0 For the song’s rhyme scheme, the pronunciation of “C.E.A.R.T.A” is like “see-ee-ah-ahr-tee-ah,” not the sound “ay” as in “hay” or “may” that most Americans would use for the letter “A.”\u00a0\u00a0 The spelled-out word “C.E.A.R.T.A.” rhymes loosely with “garda<\/strong>” in the song, so obviously the “ay” sound wouldn’t work.\u00a0 And BTW, even though it’s probably clear, I’m using “ay” here as a rough guide, like “hay,” “may” (or “May”), or “say,” not like the “eye\/I\/my” sound of “Aye” as in “Aye, aye, sir!” or “Och, aye!”<\/p>\n

Bhue<\/strong>l, it looks like this post will be a two- or three-parter, since we’re out of space for now.\u00a0 But before I close, just a note about the graphic above.\u00a0 Since the duo is called “Kneecap,” I thought it might be interesting to include the Irish word for that part of the body.\u00a0 It’s “pl\u00e1it\u00edn gl\u00faine<\/strong>,” lit. “patella\/little plate of knee.”\u00a0 And as a verb (to kneecap someone), it’s “l\u00e1mhach sa ghl\u00fain<\/strong>,” lit. “shooting in the knee.”\u00a0 The word “pl\u00e1it\u00edn<\/strong>” is also used for “platelet” in discussing blood (pl\u00e1it\u00edn fola<\/strong>).\u00a0 As for “rap music,” the word “rap” stays the same in Irish, giving us “rapcheol<\/strong>” (rap music), rapcheoil<\/strong> (of rap music), ceolt\u00f3ir rap<\/strong> (rapper), ag rap\u00e1il<\/strong> (rapping).<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 c\u00fapla cuid eile den ghluais seo ag teacht.\u00a0 Sl\u00e1n go dt\u00ed sin — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc:<\/strong><\/p>\n

nasc don amhr\u00e1n<\/strong>: Kneecap “C.E.A.R.T.A” https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Sf0htzbMKk<\/a><\/p>\n

nasc do na liric\u00ed<\/strong>: https:\/\/nos.ie\/cultur\/ceol\/amhran-na-haoine-cearta-kneecap\/<\/a>\u00a0 Foireann N\u00d3S<\/em>\u00a0 15\u00fa Nollaig 2017\u00a0 CEOL<\/a>#amhr\u00e1n aoine<\/a>\u00a0 Amhr\u00e1n na hAoine\u00a0 ‘C.E.A.R.T.A.’, le Kneecap<\/p>\n

nasc do<\/strong> “Lady Cassandra”: http:\/\/tardis.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cassandra_O%27Brien.%CE%9417<\/a>.\u00a0 She (formerly he) was portrayed a living face stretched flat onto a square frame.\u00a0 Hmm, I wonder if she ever said she was “on tenterhooks.”<\/p>\n

nasc do na liric\u00ed do “N\u00edl s\u00e9 ‘na l\u00e1” (an leagan a rinne Clannad, n\u00ed leagan Celtic Woman)<\/strong>: http:\/\/drlrcs.com\/i\/OlVv2I75bK34\/clannad-n%C3%ADl-s%C3%A9-ina-l%C3%A1-n%C3%ADl-s%C3%A9-n-l%C3%A1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Published on YouTube on December 15, 2017, the rap song “C.E.A.R.T.A” \u00a0(nasc th\u00edos) has been sweeping through the “cibearGhaeltacht“.\u00a0 Most of the comments I’ve seen are wildly favorable, with a few spoilsports badmouthing the song entirely. I followed one link for the lyrics, but it was a dead link.\u00a0 So I was getting…<\/p>\n

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