{"id":1261,"date":"2011-09-30T02:58:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T02:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2011-10-11T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:44:12","slug":"deireadh-fomhair-agus-frasai-eile-le-%e2%80%9cdeireadh%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/deireadh-fomhair-agus-frasai-eile-le-%e2%80%9cdeireadh%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Deireadh F\u00f3mhair agus Fr\u00e1sa\u00ed Eile le \u201cDeireadh\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

October, according to its Irish meaning, is the \u201cmonth of the end of the harvest.\u201d\u00a0 But the word \u201cdeireadh\u201d <\/strong>has several other meanings and many other applications.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a little sampler, and also a little mix and match, where you\u2019ll need to determine whether to use \u201cdeireadh,\u201d <\/strong>(the basic form), dheireadh, ndeireadh, <\/strong>or deiridh.\u00a0 Aistri\u00fach\u00e1in th\u00edos, faoi fhreagra\u00ed na gceisteanna eile.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

deireadh seachtaine: Cad a rinne t\u00fa ar an deireadh seachtaine?<\/strong><\/p>\n

go deireadh: \u00f3 th\u00fas go deireadh<\/strong><\/p>\n

faoi dheireadh: Th\u00e1inig an litir faoi dheireadh<\/strong><\/p>\n

bulcaid deiridh <\/strong>[I\u2019ll let you mull over your own \u201csampla\u201d <\/strong>for that one, mar n\u00ed mairne\u00e1lach m\u00e9!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

clib dheiridh (t\u00e9arma r\u00edomhaireachta): T\u00e1 an chlib dheiridh ar iarraidh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

d\u00e1ta deiridh: Cad \u00e9 an d\u00e1ta deiridh?<\/strong><\/p>\n

deic\u00edn deiridh: <\/strong>I was going to skip over \u201cdeic dheiridh,\u201d<\/strong> just because I thought we had enough examples, but I couldn\u2019t resist \u201cdeic\u00edn deiridh.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019ll probably see why from the translation below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And for good measure, a seanfhocal, mar n\u00ed sh\u00e1ra\u00edtear iad!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deireadh g\u00e1ire gol. \u00a0<\/strong>(Note: no verb is needed in this saying). <\/strong><\/p>\n

Agus anois, focail le meaitse\u00e1il (freagra\u00ed, A, th\u00edos):<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.. cosa __\u00a0\u00a0 2..\u00a0 siar go \u00a0__\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3.. Mol a __.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4.. i __ a nirt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5.. crann __<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) ndeireadh \u00a0 b) deiridh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0c) dheireadh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0d) deiridh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0e) deireadh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

By the way, there is a caveat lookalike word: deireadh <\/strong>can also be a verb form, completely unrelated to all of the above.\u00a0 Bar\u00fail agat c\u00e9 acu briathar?\u00a0 Leid: Is ceann de na briathra neamhrialta \u00e9.\u00a0 Freagra (B) th\u00edos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: c\u00e9 acu, <\/strong>which (lit. which \u201cof them,\u201d but the \u201cof them\u201d part doesn\u2019t really flow with most English translations); g\u00e1ire, <\/strong>laughter; gol<\/strong>, weeping, lamenting; mairne\u00e1lach, <\/strong>mariner; neacht<\/strong>, niece; neamhrialta<\/strong>, irregular; neart<\/strong>, strength (nirt<\/strong>, of strength); nia<\/strong>, nephew; seanfhocal<\/strong>, proverb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed<\/strong>: 1b) cosa deiridh, <\/strong>hind legs; 2e) siar go deireadh<\/strong>, all the way to the end, lit. \u201cwest\/back to (the) end; 3c) Mol a dheireadh<\/strong>, praise it (from, according to) its result; 4a) i ndeireadh a nirt<\/strong>, at the end of his\/her strength; 5b) crann deiridh<\/strong>, mizzen-mast \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra (B): deireadh, \u00f3n mbriathar \u201cabair,\u201d tr\u00ed\u00fa pearsa, uatha, aimsir ghn\u00e1thchaite.\u00a0 <\/strong>Which essentially says it means (he\/she\/it) \u201cused to say.\u201d\u00a0 For this verb form, \u201cdeir\u201d <\/strong>is the core, and the \u201c-eadh\u201d <\/strong>is the typical ending for something which happened continually in the past.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Aistri\u00fach\u00e1in: <\/strong><\/p>\n

deireadh seachtaine<\/strong>, weekend: What did you do on the weekend?<\/p>\n

go deireadh<\/strong>, to (the) end: from beginning to end<\/strong><\/p>\n

faoi dheireadh<\/strong>, finally: The letter finally came.<\/strong><\/p>\n

bulcaid deiridh, <\/strong>afterpeak bulkhead<\/strong><\/p>\n

clib dheiridh<\/strong>, an end tag (in computing); lenited because \u201cclib\u201d<\/strong> (tag, tab) is feminine.\u00a0 The end tag is missing.\u00a0 I hope that example satisfies any cl\u00e1raitheoir\u00ed <\/strong>out there \u2013 clibeanna deiridh <\/strong>aren\u2019t my usual \u201c\u00e1bhar cainte\u201d!<\/strong><\/p>\n

d\u00e1ta deiridh<\/strong>, closing date: What\u2019s the closing date?<\/strong><\/p>\n

deic\u00edn deiridh, <\/strong>monkey poop (small deck on a boat \u2013 see how the Irish is so much more straightforward: deic, <\/strong>a deck; deic\u00edn, <\/strong>a little deck.\u00a0 None of that nautical monkey business about jackets and balls (brass) and suchlike.\u00a0 Well, if those don\u2019t ring familiar, brush up on your Melville or some other 19th<\/sup>-century sailor-author.\u00a0 And btw, this isn\u2019t<\/em> the \u2018monkey poop\u2019 celebrated in A. J. Jacobs curious account of reading all the volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica (The Know-It-All: One\u2019s Man\u2019s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World <\/em>(NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004). \u00a0<\/em>When he talks about \u201cmonkey poop,\u201d <\/strong>with his nianna <\/strong>and neachtanna, <\/strong>no less, he really does<\/em> mean eiscr\u00e9id \u00f3 mhoncaithe.\u00a0 <\/strong>And just for the sake of completion, deic dheiridh<\/strong> is the \u201cpoop deck\u201d itself.<\/p>\n

An seanfhocal:<\/strong> Deireadh g\u00e1ire gol, <\/strong>laughter brings tears, lit. (the) end of laughter (is) crying.<\/p>\n

Well, sin deireadh an bhlag seo.\u00a0 SGF \u2013 R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) October, according to its Irish meaning, is the \u201cmonth of the end of the harvest.\u201d\u00a0 But the word \u201cdeireadh\u201d has several other meanings and many other applications.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a little sampler, and also a little mix and match, where you\u2019ll need to determine whether to use \u201cdeireadh,\u201d (the basic form), dheireadh, ndeireadh, or…<\/p>\n

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