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<\/a>By Unknown (Illustrated London News) – http:\/\/www.doaks.org\/Bourgeois\/Bourgch10.pdf, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=117122 ([Joseph] Paxton’s daughter Annie standing on a\u00a0Victoria amazonica\u00a0leaf in the lily house); face clipart: www.publicdomainpictures.net\/view-image.php?imageE?woman-profile-portrait-clipart<\/em> T\u00e1 an cail\u00edn ina seasamh \/ The girl is standing …<\/p>\n 1)) ar an mbual-lil\u00ed … ar dhuille na bual-lile<\/p>\n 2)) ar an mbior-r\u00f3s … ar dhuille an bhior-r\u00f3is<\/p>\n 3)) ar an duilleog bh\u00e1ite … ar dhuille na duilleoga b\u00e1ite (!)<\/p>\n 4)) ar an bp\u00f3ic\u00edn locha … ar dhuille an ph\u00f3ic\u00edn locha<\/p>\n If anyone is as intrigued as I was by this picture, you might like to follow up by reading : <\/em>http:\/\/tanglewoodconservatories.com\/blog\/how-a-giant-amazonian-water-lily-changed-the-course-of-conservatories\/<\/a><\/p>\n And now for “water-lily,” “of a water-lily,” “water-lilies,” etc. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Last time we were mostly interested in the variety of concepts embedded in the terms and how they all managed to mean “water-lily” without containing the usual Irish word for water ” (uisce).\u00a0 This time we’ll include the different forms of the phrases and look for real-life examples of their use.<\/p>\n 1)) bual-lile,\u00a0 water-lily, bual-lil\u00ed, water-lilies, (grammatically feminine)<\/p>\n an bhual-lile, the water-lily, na bual-lil\u00ed, the water-lilies<\/p>\n dath na bual-lile, the color of the water-lily; dathanna na mbual-lil\u00ed, the colors of the water-lilies.<\/p>\n Using the term “bual-lile,” there is a nice short write-up in Irish on the plant, written for school kids, at: http:\/\/www.askaboutireland.ie\/learning-zone\/primary-students\/ar-dtimpeallacht\/aibhneacha-agus-locha\/flora\/bual-lile\/<\/a><\/p>\n Another interesting use is in a discussion of the food consumed by the residents of a prehistoric settlement at Cill Santail (Mount Sandel), in County Derry: planda\u00ed (cn\u00f3nna coill, fia-\u00falla agus s\u00edolta na bual-lile (http:\/\/cstair.blogspot.com\/2018\/05\/<\/a>, An mhe\u00e1n-chlochaois<\/a>, Ar lean\u00faint \u00f3n m\u00ed seo caite, le Vincent Morley)<\/p>\n 2) bior-r\u00f3s, water-lily, bior-r\u00f3sanna, water-lilies<\/p>\n an bior-r\u00f3s, the water-lily, na bior-r\u00f3sanna, the water-lilies<\/p>\n dath an bhior-r\u00f3is, the color of the water-lily; dathanna na mbior-r\u00f3sanna, the colors of the water-lilies<\/p>\n As for a usage in context, I haven’t found much online for “bior-r\u00f3s,” but lo and behold, “bior-r\u00f3sanna” popped up in an interesting line in an Irish translation of Joyce’s Ulysses<\/em>, Chapter 5, which can be found at: http:\/\/baoismhachnamh.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/an-seoigheach.html<\/a> \u00a0It’s not even a full sentence, just literally “Bior-r\u00f3sanna.”\u00a0 It’s preceded by the phrase “Planda\u00ed leochaileacha.” [Sensitive plants] and followed by “Piotail r\u00f3-thuirseach le.” [sic — we don’t know “le” what], which was “Petals too tired to.” in the original}.\u00a0 So, no verbs, no complete sentences here, but knowing Joyce, it’s no surprise.<\/p>\n There’s one more reference to a waterlily in Ulysses (according to my search), in Chapter 15, where it says “Bloom, pleading not guilty and holding a fullblown waterlily, begins a long unintelligible speech.” (https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/4300\/4300-h\/4300-h.htm#chap15<\/a>).\u00a0 Unfortunately I don’t have any access to an Irish translation for Chapter 15, but I’d love to know what Irish phrase the translator or Joyce himself would have used.\u00a0 Bior-r\u00f3s (for consistency’s sake)?\u00a0 Or one of the other words for water-lily?\u00a0 \u00a0Anyway, I like the idea that the character’s speech is described as “unintelligible,” which many people might say applies to the novel itself.\u00a0 Or to Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.\u00a0 Ach sin sc\u00e9al eile!<\/p>\n 3) duilleog bh\u00e1ite, water-lily, duilleoga b\u00e1ite, water-lilies<\/p>\n an duilleog bh\u00e1ite, the water-lily, na duilleoga b\u00e1ite, the water-lilies<\/p>\n dath na duilleoige b\u00e1ite, the color of the water-lily; dathanna na nduilleog b\u00e1ite, the colors of the water-lilies<\/p>\n Here are a few places where I’ve found the term “duilleog bh\u00e1ite” used:<\/p>\n a)) a school project of students painting their own versions of Claude Monet’s “Water-Lilies”; the project was named “Na Duilleoga B\u00e1ite” at https:\/\/www.gsnp.ie\/gallery\/obair-ranga-432\/ (Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig, B\u00f3thar an Chaisle\u00e1in, Leamhc\u00e1n, Co. Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath<\/p>\n b)) a phrase in Gabriel Rosenstock’s translation of a haiku about “corra ar eite” (herons flying) at http:\/\/roghaghabriel.blogspot.com\/2017\/07\/<\/strong><\/a> Rosenstock uses the prepositional phrase form “sa duilleog bh\u00e1ite.”<\/p>\n c)) in M\u00e1ire Nic Mhaol\u00e1in’s Irish translation (Faoin Sceach Gheal) of Marita Conlon-McKenna’s young adult novel, Under the Hawthorn Tree (1990): “… tr\u00edd an bhfiaile in aice na giolca\u00ed n\u00f3 ina lu\u00ed go s\u00e1mh faoi\u00a0na duilleoga b\u00e1ite.” [my 4)) p\u00f3ic\u00edn locha, water-lily, p\u00f3ic\u00edn\u00ed locha, water-lilies<\/p>\n an p\u00f3ic\u00edn locha, the water-lily; na p\u00f3ic\u00edn\u00ed locha, the water-lilies<\/p>\n dath an ph\u00f3ic\u00edn locha, the color of the water-lily; dathanna na bp\u00f3ic\u00edn\u00ed locha, the colors of the water-lilies<\/p>\n I’ve found fewer contextual usages for this phrase than for the other terms for “water-lilies” but have at least found this one reference:<\/p>\n p\u00f3ic\u00edn\u00ed locha, used by M\u00e1irt\u00edn \u00d3 Cadhain in his 1953 short story collection, Cois Caol\u00e1ire (according to https:\/\/quizlet.com\/24767190\/cois-caolaire-flash-cards\/<\/a> by Mac Giob\u00fain, who has also created files for many languages, ranging from “Alutiiqis” (teanga<\/a>\u00a0Eiscimea-Aili\u00fatach<\/a>) to an tS\u00fal\u00fais).\u00a0 Cad is ciall le teideal an leabhair sin?\u00a0 Bhuel, the title has been translated variously as “By the Firth” or “Beside the Bay.” \u00a0Any readers know what comments \u00d3 Cadhain was making about “p\u00f3ic\u00edn\u00ed locha”\u00a0 N\u00edl c\u00f3is den t\u00e9acs agam.?<\/p>\n I hope you found this both useful and interesting SGF — R\u00f3is\u00edn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Our most recent post showed some amazingly large water-lilies and looked at the terminology for them.\u00a0 Researching that, I also found the amazing illustration above.\u00a0 Who could resist turning this into a teachable moment – how to say\u00a0 “girl,” “standing,” and “on a water-lily” in Irish? For the second part of today’s blog, we’ll…<\/p>\n
Aistri\u00fach\u00e1n an fhotheidil: An Ollduilleog Bh\u00e1ite (Victoria Regia), faoi bhl\u00e1th ag Chatsworth [Chatworth House, Derbyshire, at\u00e1 i gceist. Bh\u00edodh an teach gloine seo ag Barbrook, ar imeall east\u00e1t Chatsworth. Bh\u00ed Sir Joseph Paxton (1801\/3-1865; rinneadh ridire de i 1851) ina phr\u00edomhgharra\u00edod\u00f3ir ansin]. T\u00e9acs Gaeilge le R\u00f3isl\u00edn, 2019<\/em><\/p><\/div>Our most recent post showed some amazingly large water-lilies and looked at the terminology for them.\u00a0 Researching that, I also found the amazing illustration above.\u00a0 Who could resist turning this into a teachable moment – how to say\u00a0 “girl,” “standing,” and “on a water-lily” in Irish? For the second part of today’s blog, we’ll actually look at various forms of the various words for water-lily in Irish.\u00a0 But first let’s try saying “The girl is standing on the water-lily.”\u00a0 Since we have four choices for water-lily, we’ll have four sentences.\u00a0 We’ll say both “standing on the water-lily” and “standing on the pad (duille) of the water-lily,” for additional practice.<\/p>\n
\n“retranslation”: through the weeds near the reeds or lying down peacefully under the water-lilies” — that may not be exactly the same as the English original, but it’s a reasonable re-translation].<\/p>\n