{"id":10759,"date":"2018-08-07T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=10759"},"modified":"2018-08-21T21:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T21:49:41","slug":"some-irish-words-beginning-with-the-letter-z-zaip-go-zu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/some-irish-words-beginning-with-the-letter-z-zaip-go-zu\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Irish Words Beginning with the Letter \u2018Z\u2019 (zaip go z\u00fa)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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T\u00e9acs agus dearadh le R\u00f3isl\u00edn do Transparent Language, 2018<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Recently we looked at some Irish words starting with the letter \u2018y,\u2019 which occurs fairly rarely in Irish.\u00a0 And previously, we\u2019ve looked at some words including the letters \u2018v,\u2019 \u2018w,\u2019 and \u2018x,\u2019 also \u201cneamhchoitianta<\/strong>\u201d in Irish.\u00a0 Also, we did look at words beginning with \u2018z\u2019 earlier.\u00a0 But every time I check the online dictionaries, it seems there are a few new words to consider, or at least ones that have newly come to my attention.\u00a0 (naisc th\u00edos do na hiarbhlagmh\u00edreanna<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

This is all by way of a reminder that the traditional Irish alphabet had 18 letters, not 26.\u00a0 The non-traditional letters are: j, k, q, v, w, x, y, z.<\/p>\n

So what are some of the \u2018Z\u2019 words?\u00a0 Seo cnuasach samplach<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

zaip mar ainmfhocal<\/strong>, a zap, as in r\u00edomheola\u00edocht<\/strong> (computer science)<\/p>\n

Zaip! mar fhocal onamataip\u00e9ach<\/strong>, \u201cZap!\u201d mar shampla: \u201cZaip!\u00a0 Dh\u00edrigh an Marsach a gha-ghunna ar na daoine agus cuireadh as dona gcuid m\u00f3il\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>.” (Zap! The Martian pointed his ray-gun at the people and their molecules were disrupted.\u201d)<\/p>\n

zaipe\u00e1il,<\/strong> to zap<\/p>\n

zaipire (cianrialt\u00e1n)<\/strong>, a zapper (remote control)<\/p>\n

zeitibheart<\/strong>, zettabyte<\/p>\n

z\u00f3-eola\u00edocht<\/strong> aka m\u00edoleola\u00edocht<\/strong>, which is a fascinating situation in and of itself, since \u201cm\u00edol<\/strong>,\u201d with various modifiers can mean anything from \u201cwhale\u201d (m\u00edol m\u00f3r<\/strong>) to \u201chead louse\u201d (m\u00edol cinn<\/strong>), with four additonal biting types: \u201chorse-biting louse\u201d (m\u00edol capaill), \u201csheep-biting louse\u201d (m\u00edol caorach<\/strong>), \u201cdog-biting louse\u201d (m\u00edol madra<\/strong>), and \u201ccat-biting louse\u201d (m\u00edol cait<\/strong>). \u00a0As for the \u201cbiting\u201d aspect, you might have noticed that none of those four terms actually refers to the Irish word for \u201ca bite\u201d (greim<\/strong>).\u00a0 But exploring that further is probably a topic for another blogpost (\u00e1bhar blagmh\u00edr eile<\/strong>).\u00a0 Anyway, m\u00edoleola\u00edocht<\/strong> isn\u2019t simply cetology (the study of whales) or \u201c*lousology\u201d (to coin a word, perhaps).\u00a0 It is the same as \u201cz\u00f3-eola\u00edocht<\/strong>\u201d (zoology), the study of all animals, although it’s worth noting that “z\u00f3-eola\u00edocht” seems to be the preferred term today.\u00a0 Which leads us back to our main topic, words beginning with \u201cz\u201d in Irish.<\/p>\n

Actually, before returning to our \u201cz\u201d words, I have to ponder the question and see if anyone knows \u2013 what is the Irish for \u201ccetologist,\u201d or \u201ccetology\u201d for that matter.\u00a0 \u201c*C\u00e9iticeola\u00ed<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c*c\u00e9iticeola\u00edocht<\/strong>,\u201d I suppose, but it would be nice to find examples.\u00a0 So far, tada ar line<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0As many of you will probably recognize, the \u201ceola\u00ed<\/strong>\u201d and \u201ceola\u00edocht<\/strong>\u201d part of the above words mean \u201cscientist\u201c and \u201cscience,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

And now,\u00a0 ar ais go dt\u00ed an liosta<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

zomba\u00ed<\/strong>, (pretty self-explanatory) zombie<\/p>\n

z\u00fa<\/strong>, (also pretty self-explanatory), zoo<\/p>\n

z\u00fam mar ainmfhocal<\/strong>, zoom, z\u00fam mar chuid de cheamara (deirtear \u201clionsa z\u00fam\u00e1la\u201d freisin)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Z\u00fam! mar intriacht, <\/strong>“Zoom!”, mar shampla: Z\u00fam! D\u2019imigh s\u00e9 go tapaidh.<\/strong> (Zoom!\u00a0 He went away quickly.)<\/p>\n

z\u00fam\u00e1il<\/strong>, to zoom (le ceamara, srl.)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Not, in my experience, for cars or space pods or Quidditch players zooming by.\u00a0 But as an interjection (mar intriacht<\/strong>), it can express the speed of the movement.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s a small handful (dorn\u00e1n<\/strong>), anyway.\u00a0 There are a few hundred more Irish words starting with \u201cz,\u201d but that\u2019s a small number, considering how many words there are starting with letters like \u201cb,\u201d \u201cc\u201d, or \u201cd\u201d (thousands and thousands).\u00a0 And most of the \u201cz\u201d words in Irish are foreign or religious terms; a huge number seem to be from the Old Testament, and wouldn\u2019t be part of typical, everyday conversations.<\/p>\n

Befpre we wrap up, let\u2019s look at another aspect of this picture.\u00a0 Even though we have examples like those above, there are numerous situations where an English \u201cZ\u201d changes to an Irish \u201cS,\u201d or in one case, even to an \u201cST-.\u201d\u00a0 Can you guess what the following words are in English (freagra\u00ed th\u00edos<\/strong>).\u00a0 Leid<\/strong>: three are place names, and one has “Z” at the end, not at the beginning.<\/p>\n

1.. S\u00e1grab<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.. An tSaimbia <\/strong><\/p>\n

3..An tS\u00e1\u00edr <\/strong><\/p>\n

4.. stoidiaca<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.. Can\u00e1il Suaise<\/strong><\/p>\n

And one that just recently came to my attention:<\/p>\n

6.. safairleocast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhuel,<\/strong> I hope you found this to be a little different from just learning \u201ccat<\/strong>\u201d [kaht] for \u201ccat\u201d and \u201ccarr<\/strong>\u201d for \u201ccar.\u201d\u00a0 It always intrigues me to consider how these z-words (and the v, w, x, and y ones) get adopted into Irish and adapted into a new spelling system.<\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed (1-5)<\/strong>: Zagreb, Zambia, Zaire, zodiac, Suez Canal.\u00a0 \u201cZodiac\u201d is especially interesting, I think, since its origin goes all the way back to ancient Greek and the word z\u00f4ion<\/em> (animal), referring to the animals that represent most of the zodiac signs.\u00a0 But why \u201cst-\u201c instead of just \u201cs-\u201c?\u00a0 Diabhal a fhios agam \u2013 eolas ag duine ar bith amuigh ansin?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.. And the last one of my \u201cz\u201d-to-\u201cs\u201d examples is \u201czafirlukast,\u201d with the Irish “safairleocast”\u00a0<\/strong>pronounced about the same as the English but abiding by the Irish vowel harmony rules, which would prohibit having a consonant + a + consonant + i + consonant + u<\/em> combination as in the \u201czafirlu-\u201c part of \u201czafirlukast.\u201d\u00a0 That amazing-looking word is another name for (cyclopentyl N-[3-[[2-methoxy-4-[(2-methylphenyl)sulfonylcarbamoyl]phenyl]methyl]-1-methylindol-5-yl]carbamate)<\/em>!\u00a0 Irish does have a word for \u201ccarbamate,\u201d which is \u201ccarbam\u00e1it,<\/strong>\u201d but the rest is literally all Greek to me.\u00a0 Some combination of the following, is d\u00f3cha: carbam\u00f3il, ciogl-, feinil, -il, iond\u00f3il, meatocsa, meitili, \u00f3il, peintil,<\/strong> and sulph-<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cZafirlukast\u201d is apparently an approved term by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), which itself has an Irish name: Aontas Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta na Glancheimice agus na Ceimice Feidhm\u00ed<\/strong>.\u00a0 And what is this sesquipedalian chemical compound?\u00a0 Wikipedia can explain it better than me; it\u2019s \u201can orally administered\u00a0leukotriene receptor antagonist<\/a> (LTRA) used for the chronic treatment of asthma\u201d (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zafirlukast<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

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Some Irish Words Starting with the Letter \u2018Y\u2019 (y\u00f3y\u00f3 ina measc)<\/a> Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Sep 21, 2015 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/some-irish-words-starting-with-the-letter-y-yoyo-ina-measc\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Catching Some \u2018Z-Words\u2019 in Irish: What Are The Others besides \u2018Z\u00fa\u2019 and \u2018Z\u00fanna\u2019?<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Sep 25, 2015 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Recently we looked at some Irish words starting with the letter \u2018y,\u2019 which occurs fairly rarely in Irish.\u00a0 And previously, we\u2019ve looked at some words including the letters \u2018v,\u2019 \u2018w,\u2019 and \u2018x,\u2019 also \u201cneamhchoitianta\u201d in Irish.\u00a0 Also, we did look at words beginning with \u2018z\u2019 earlier.\u00a0 But every time I check the online…<\/p>\n

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