{"id":123,"date":"2010-01-15T19:06:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T23:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=119"},"modified":"2017-09-29T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:51:08","slug":"tragoid-i-haiti-an-crith-talun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tragoid-i-haiti-an-crith-talun\/","title":{"rendered":"Trag\u00f3id i H\u00e1\u00edt\u00ed: An Crith Tal\u00fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before returning to the \u00e1bhar \u00e9adromchro\u00edch<\/strong> I had planned for following up on the blogpost on \u201cLochlannach<\/strong>\u201d (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), I’d like to introduce some terms for discussing na himeachta\u00ed i H\u00e1\u00edt\u00ed.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mostly this will just be in list format, since I find the situation almost too overwhelming,\u00a0<\/span>especially so close on the heels of other disasters around the world, to weave much of a text around it.\u00a0 But perhaps some of you would like to send some smaointe<\/strong> using these fr\u00e1sa\u00ed<\/strong> in to the comments section.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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an t-adhlacadh <\/span><\/strong>[un TELL-uk-uh, both \u201cdh\u2019s\u201d silent]: the burial<\/span><\/p>\n

an b\u00e1s (<\/span><\/strong>pl. na b\u00e1sanna)<\/strong>: the death, the fatality <\/span><\/p>\n

an brablach<\/span><\/strong>: the rubble<\/span><\/p>\n

an Cri\u00f3l<\/span><\/strong>: the Creole (language)<\/span><\/p>\n

an crith tal\u00fan<\/span><\/strong> [krih TAL-oon] (pl: na creathanna <\/strong>[KRA-hun-nuh] tal\u00fan<\/strong>): the earthquake<\/span><\/p>\n

an daonra<\/span><\/strong>: the population<\/span><\/p>\n

an deor<\/span><\/strong> (pl. na deora<\/strong>): the tear (that’s “tear” as in “crying”)<\/span><\/p>\n

an t-eipeal\u00e1r<\/span><\/strong>: the epicenter<\/span><\/p>\n

an \u00e9ascl\u00edne <\/span><\/strong>[AYSK-LEEN-yeh]: the fault line (\u00e9asc<\/strong>, m, fault, in the geological sense + l\u00edne<\/strong>, f, line; since \u201cl\u00edne\u201d<\/strong> is feminine, the compound word \u00e9ascl\u00edne<\/strong> is feminine)<\/span><\/p>\n

an leathsf\u00e9ar thiar<\/span><\/strong>: the western hemisphere (leath<\/strong> + sf\u00e9ar<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

an m\u00e9id <\/span><\/strong>[maydj]: the magnitude (also, \u201camount,\u201d in general)<\/span><\/p>\n

an t-oibr\u00ed cabhrach <\/span><\/strong>[KOW-rukh]: the aid worker<\/span><\/p>\n

an t-olladhlacadh <\/span><\/strong>[un TOLL-ell-uk-uh]: the mass burial <\/span><\/p>\n

an riosca seismeach <\/span><\/strong>[SHESH-makh]: the seismic risk<\/span><\/p>\n

an t\u00edr is boichte <\/span><\/strong>[un tcheer iss BWIH-tcheh]: the poorest country (\u201cboichte<\/strong>\u201d is from \u201cbocht<\/strong>,\u201d poor.\u00a0 \u201cBocht<\/strong>\u201d has a broad \u201cch<\/strong>,\u201d like the German and Yiddish sounds we\u2019ve discussed previously.\u00a0 \u201cBoichte<\/strong>,\u201d the superlative form, has a slender \u201cch<\/strong>,\u201d meaning it\u2019s very breathy, but not in the throat like \u201cbocht<\/strong>\u201d is.\u00a0 You might know the slender \u201cch<\/strong>\u201d also from words like \u201co\u00edche<\/strong>\u201d [EE-hyeh] or \u201cfiche<\/strong>\u201d [FIH-hyeh], \u201cnight\u201d and \u201ctwenty\u201d respectively.\u00a0 The sound is like the initial \u201ch\u201d in words like \u201chew,\u201d \u201cHugh,\u201d and \u201chumid.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s not easy to represent in Roman letters.\u00a0 In IPA, the sound would be represented by \/x\u2019\/.\u00a0 IPA is a great tool for learning Irish if you use a book that uses that transcription system such as the Focl\u00f3ir P\u00f3ca<\/em>.\u00a0 If you decide to learn IPA for Irish, remember that the Focl\u00f3ir P\u00f3ca<\/em> uses \u201cIrish-modified\u201d IPA, which is a bit of a saga unto itself, so \u00c1.B.E. (\u00e1bhar blag eile)<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coiste Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta na Croise Deirge<\/span><\/strong>: the International Committee of the Red Cross<\/span><\/p>\n

Crois Dhearg na h\u00c9ireann<\/span><\/strong>: the Irish Red Cross Society<\/span><\/p>\n

sc\u00e1la Richter<\/span><\/strong>: Richter scale<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ag caoineadh, ag gol<\/span><\/strong>: crying, weeping; caoineadh coscrach<\/strong>, heart-rending lamenting<\/span><\/p>\n

ag sileadh na ndeor<\/span><\/strong>: shedding tears (as the subject of a sentence, deora <\/strong>is the plural, but here the plural form drops the final \u201c-a<\/strong>,\u201d for a combination of two reasons \u2013 it\u2019s definite in Irish (na ndeor<\/strong>) though not in English, and it follows a verbal noun).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ar iarraidh<\/span><\/strong>: missing<\/span><\/p>\n

marbh<\/span><\/strong>: dead; na mairbh<\/strong>: the dead (as a noun)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

an H\u00e1\u00edt\u00edoch <\/span><\/strong>(pl, as noun: na H\u00e1\u00edt\u00edgh<\/strong>, pronounced\u00a0[HAWTCH-eee, with the last syllable of the plural drawn out just a tad longer than normal]: the Haitian (person)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

H\u00e1\u00edt\u00ed<\/span><\/strong>: There\u2019s not too much difference in the spelling of Haiti in English and in Irish, except that the Irish has the two long vowels.\u00a0 While many country names in Irish are preceded by the definite article (An Sp\u00e1inn, An Fhrainc, An Bholaiv, an tSeap\u00e1in<\/strong>), some, like H\u00e1\u00edt\u00ed<\/strong> and a good many others (Meicsiceo, Ceanada, C\u00faba, Eacuad\u00f3r, Lucsamburg<\/strong>), are not.\u00a0 \u201cH\u00e1\u00edt\u00ed\u201d<\/strong> is feminine, as are many country names, but with no definite article and no lenitable consonant at the beginning of the word, it\u2019s almost impossible to predict the inscne <\/strong>(gender). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cT\u00e1 \u00e1r bhf\u00e9ini\u00falacht caillte againn.\u00a0 N\u00ed eisim.\u201d\u00a0 Sin dh\u00e1 abairt choscracha \u00f3 mharant\u00f3ir a bh\u00ed ar an nuacht agus a bhfuil Gaeilge curtha agam orthu.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nasc<\/strong>:\u00a0Iarsmaoineamh (maidir leis an bhfocal \u201cLochlannach\u201d)<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jan 12, 2010 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta\u00ed:<\/span><\/strong> f\u00e9ini\u00falacht<\/strong>, identity; caillte<\/strong>, lost; abairt<\/strong>, sentence; coscrach<\/strong>, heart-rending; eisim <\/strong>[ESH-im], I exist, in the philosophical sense; marant\u00f3ir<\/strong>, survivor. \u00a0So “N\u00ed eisim<\/strong>” means “I don’t exist.” \u00a0There are at least two more ways one could say \u201cI don\u2019t exist\u201d\u2014N\u00edl m\u00e9 ann<\/strong> (lit. I\u2019m not in it, i.e. in existence) or \u201cN\u00edl mo leith\u00e9id ann<\/strong>,\u201d a twist on the well-known expression \u201cN\u00ed bheidh \u00e1r leith\u00e9id\u00ed ar\u00eds ann<\/strong>\u201d (the likes of us will not exist again\u201d), but here expressed in the present tense, giving it some added poignancy.\u00a0 Hmm, maybe a fourth way, \u201cIs neamhdhuine m\u00e9<\/strong>,\u201d (I\u2019m a non-entity\/non-person).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta\u00ed deiridh: \u00e9adrom<\/span><\/strong>, light (adj); cro\u00edoch<\/strong>, -hearted; imeacht<\/strong>, going; imeachta\u00ed<\/strong>, events<\/span><\/p>\n

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