{"id":1057,"date":"2011-07-08T05:59:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T05:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2011-07-25T06:18:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T06:18:46","slug":"laethe-madrula-an-tsamhraidh-ca-3-iuil-go-ca-11-lunasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/laethe-madrula-an-tsamhraidh-ca-3-iuil-go-ca-11-lunasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Laethe Madr\u00fala an tSamhraidh (ca. 3 I\u00fail go ca. 11 L\u00fanasa)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before we return to our discussion of 5th<\/sup>-declension nouns, let\u2019s talk about one more \u00e1bhar tr\u00e1th\u00fail: laethe madr\u00fala an tsamhraidh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three basic words, somewhat disguised by plural endings, a t-prefix, and a genitive-case ending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Laethe <\/strong>[LAY-huh], <\/strong>pl., <\/strong>from \u201cl\u00e1,<\/strong>\u201d day; sometimes this plural form is given as \u201claethanta<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madr\u00fala <\/strong>[MAHD-rool-uh], <\/strong>pl. from \u201cmadr\u00fail<\/strong>,\u201d doggish, doglike, doggy, canine, canicular, or for our purposes here, simply \u201cdog,\u201d used as an adjective<\/p>\n

an tSamhraidh<\/strong> [un TOW-ree], of the summer, from \u201csamhradh<\/strong>\u201d [SOW-ruh] summer.\u00a0 In both cases here the \u201ctow\u201d and \u201csow\u201d are pronounced as in IPA \/au\/, or, for real-world examples, like the \u201ctau\u201d of the Tory Island tau-cross or the \u201cTao\u201d of Lao Tzu, Master Zhuang, and Pooh, and like \u201csow\u201d as in a female pig or the \u201csow-\u201c of \u201csowkar (soucar).\u201d\u00a0 In other words, not<\/em> with the \u201coh\u201d sound of \u201ctow-truck,\u201d \u201ctow-headed,\u201d \u201ctow-rope\u201d or a \u201ctow-holding distaff,\u201d nor like the verb \u201cto sow\u201d as in seeds (or wild oats), or for that matter, the Irish word \u201cs\u00f3<\/strong>\u201d (comfort).\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, yes, it\u2019s the \u201cdog days,\u201d aka di\u0113s canicul\u0101r\u0113s<\/em>, la canicula, la canicule<\/em> (which also means a \u201cheat wave\u201d), Hondsdagen, Hundstage, an t-iuchar<\/em> (from \u201creull an iuchair\u201d<\/em>), dyddiau’r c\u0175n<\/em>, and m\u00e4t\u00e4kuu<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Depending on what source you use for the dates, they are already upon us or are starting.\u00a0 The earliest starting date is usually around 3 I\u00fail<\/strong>, but a somewhat more widespread interpretation has them starting around 24 I\u00fail<\/strong> in the Leathsf\u00e9ar Thuaidh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how many l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed<\/strong> on this liosta<\/strong> are actually from \u201can Leathsf\u00e9ar Theas<\/strong>,\u201d but for lucht na bhFrit\u00edortha<\/strong> and their c\u00f3hoirt laisteas den Mhe\u00e1nchiorcal<\/strong>, the d\u00e1ta\u00ed <\/strong>would be Ean\u00e1ir go t\u00fas mh\u00ed an Mh\u00e1rta<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why is aimsir the bhrothallach<\/strong> associated especially with madra\u00ed<\/strong>?\u00a0 It\u2019s due to Sirius (R\u00e9alta an Mhadra)<\/strong>, which is relatively close to the sun and which is thought to bring the hot weather to the earth.\u00a0 Sirius is the brightest star in the r\u00e9altbhu\u00edon<\/strong> Canis major <\/em>and it\u2019s also an r\u00e9alta is gile <\/strong>in the night sky.\u00a0 The Romans had noted that during the hottest part of the summer, the star Sirius would rise go h\u00e9ileacach<\/strong> (with the sun) and would be visible for a few minutes until the light of the sun got too bright and would outshine Sirius.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whatever the exact dates of the dog dogs might be, chances are, if you\u2019re reading this in sa Leathsf\u00e9ar Thuaidh<\/strong> that the aimsir<\/strong> could be described as te<\/strong>, brothallach<\/strong>, marbh\u00e1nta<\/strong>, and \u201c*doldramach<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, an alternate and unofficial explanation of the term \u201cdog days\u201d is that the weather is so hot that people just laze around like dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aaahhh, in the good old canicular days!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gluais: brothallach<\/strong>, sultry, hot; doldramach<\/strong>, doldrum-y (the Irish is likely my own coinage, based on \u201cna Doldrama<\/strong>;\u201d the English adjective is not standard but is well-enough attested ar an Idirl\u00edon<\/strong>); na Frit\u00edortha<\/strong>, the Antipodes; h\u00e9ileacach, <\/strong>heliac; is gile, brightest; laisteas de<\/strong>, south of; marbh\u00e1nta<\/strong>, dull, stagnant, oppressive; theas<\/strong> [hass], southern, south; thuaidh<\/strong> [HOO-ee], northern, north; tr\u00e1th\u00fail<\/strong>, timely; t\u00fas<\/strong>, start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)           Before we return to our discussion of 5th-declension nouns, let\u2019s talk about one more \u00e1bhar tr\u00e1th\u00fail: laethe madr\u00fala an tsamhraidh. Three basic words, somewhat disguised by plural endings, a t-prefix, and a genitive-case ending.\u00a0 Laethe [LAY-huh], pl., from \u201cl\u00e1,\u201d day; sometimes this plural form is given as \u201claethanta.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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