{"id":130,"date":"2010-02-02T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T15:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=126"},"modified":"2017-02-07T02:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:28:44","slug":"la-an-uitsigh-2-feabhra-%e2%80%a6-agus-me-ar-bis-ag-fanacht-le-pilib-phunxsutawney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/la-an-uitsigh-2-feabhra-%e2%80%a6-agus-me-ar-bis-ag-fanacht-le-pilib-phunxsutawney\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh (2 Feabhra) \u2026 agus M\u00e9 ar B\u00eds ag Fanacht le Pilib Phunxsutawney!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Su\u00edomh: Maol\u00e1n an Ghogala\u00ed <\/span><\/strong>(lit. knob of the gobbler), Pennsylvania iartharach.\u00a0 (Bhuel, i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, mise i mo shu\u00ed os comhair mo r\u00edomhaire ach ag smaoineamh ar an \u00e1it)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Am: breacadh an lae, 7:08 r.n. (ag fanacht go dt\u00ed<\/strong> 7:26 r.n.)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Teocht: 15 c\u00e9im Fahrenheit (ca. -9 Celsius) (\u00e1thas orm go bhfuil mise taobh istigh os comhair mo r\u00edomhaire!)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

R\u00e9as\u00fan: Tairngreacht (aimsir na s\u00e9 seachtain\u00ed seo chugainn)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Tortha\u00ed: s\u00e9 seachtain\u00ed n\u00edos m\u00f3 de gheimhreadh<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Atmaisf\u00e9ar (gi\u00famar na ndaoine): gruama (ach ag baint suilt as an l\u00e1)\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Seo l\u00e1 m\u00f3r Philib Phunxsutawney, n\u00f3 lena ghn\u00e1thainm B\u00e9arla a thabhairt air, <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Punxsutawney Phil<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 T\u00e1 mise agus a l\u00e1n daoine eile ag fanacht go bhfeice muid cad a d\u00e9arfaidh s\u00e9 faoin aimsir at\u00e1 le teacht.\u00a0 S\u00e9 seachtain\u00ed n\u00edos m\u00f3 de gheimhreadh (m\u00e1 fheiceann s\u00e9 a sc\u00e1il) n\u00f3 earrach luath (muna bhfeiceann).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Traidisi\u00fan Gearm\u00e1nach is m\u00f3 at\u00e1 i gceist.\u00a0 Baint ar bith le b\u00e9aloideas na h\u00c9ireann?\u00a0 Ar bhealach.\u00a0 R\u00e9amhinsint aimsire at\u00e1 ar si\u00fal ar L\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh agus r\u00e9amhinsint aimsire at\u00e1 (a bh\u00edodh?) ar si\u00fal ar L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile Br\u00edde chomh maith, agus fad \u00e1r n-eolais, ar Imbolc, ceili\u00faradh a bh\u00ed ag na Ceiltigh r\u00e9amhChr\u00edosta\u00ed ar an l\u00e1 c\u00e9anna.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Ar nd\u00f3igh, n\u00edl c\u00f3na\u00ed ar \u00faitsigh san Eoraip ach d\u00e9anann gr\u00e1inneoga agus broic an tairngreacht ansin (i ngan fhios d\u00f3ibh f\u00e9in, is d\u00f3cha).\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

An aspect of the event that language activists might find interesting is that it is supposed to be conducted in <\/span>Pennsilfaanisch<\/span> Deitsch.\u00a0 Anyone speaking English i rith an tsearmanais<\/strong> is supposed to pay a small fine, a quarter, mar shampla, <\/strong>for gach focal a labhra\u00edtear<\/strong> (each word that is spoken).\u00a0 Smaoineamh suimi\u00fail, nach ea?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bhuel, leis an fh\u00edrinne a dh\u00e9anamh, deirtear go bhfuil an ch\u00e9ad chuid den searmanas in\u00a0\u201c\u00daitseachais\u201d (teanga na n-\u00faitseach) agus nach bhfuil an teanga sin ach ag duine amh\u00e1in sa domhan, air\u00edoch an \u00faitsigh seo.\u00a0 Cuireann an t-air\u00edoch Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch (n\u00f3 B\u00e9arla) ar thairngreacht an \u00faitsigh.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Agus cor nua at\u00e1 ag an traidisi\u00fan \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u201cGroundhog\u201d<\/span><\/span> a th\u00e9acs\u00e1il chuig 247365 chun an r\u00e9amhaisn\u00e9is a fh\u00e1il.\u00a0 S\u00e9anadh<\/em>: n\u00edor bhain mise triail as f\u00f3s agus n\u00edl a fhios agam c\u00e9 chomh fada is a bheidh s\u00e9 i bhfeidhm. Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill<\/span><\/span><\/strong> — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

N\u00f3ta\u00ed: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1) ar b\u00eds<\/span><\/strong> [err beesh] in suspense, lit. on (in) a (mechanical) vice.\u00a0 Aipst<\/strong> (ouch)!\u00a0 If it sounds a little uncomfortable, so is being \u201con tenterhooks\u201d actually.\u00a0 A tenterhook is a hook or bent nail on which cloth is stretched on a tenter (frame).\u00a0 Somehow, the English phrase doesn\u2019t really imply painful suspense to me these days, although that is part of the dictionary definition.\u00a0 Rather, it suggests more a fun exciting suspense.\u00a0 Presumably the same thing has happened with the Irish phrase \u201ca bheith ar b\u00eds<\/strong>\u201d (to be in suspense).\u00a0 I doubt it\u2019s really interpreted literally.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

2) \u00faitseach <\/span><\/strong>[OOTCH-ukh] woodchuck.\u00a0 Is ionann <\/strong>\u201cwoodchuck\u201d agus <\/strong>\u201cgroundhog\u201d agus sin \u00e9 an f\u00e1th go mbainim f\u00e9in \u00fas\u00e1id as \u201c\u00faitseach\u201d sa fhr\u00e1sa \u201cL\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh,\u201d sa tuiseal ginideach ar nd\u00f3igh.<\/strong>\u00a0 Since Punxsutawney Phil really is central here, I\u2019m also keeping woodchuck\/groundhog in the singular.\u00a0 This is unlike other holidays that may use the singular but imply the plural, like \u201cMother\u2019s Day\u201d in English (singular, as shown by the placement of the apostrophe), generally translated as \u201cL\u00e1 na M\u00e1ithreacha<\/strong>\u201d (plural) in Irish.\u00a0 IF we were celebrating all woodchucks, we\u2019d have a phrase with the genitive plural, L\u00e1 na n\u00daitseach<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I realize some contenders will say one should just leave well enough alone and say \u201cL\u00e1 Groundhog<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 I see their viewpoint, but somehow \u201cL\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh<\/strong>\u201d seems to me to have pleasant resonance for this fun holiday.\u00a0 I agree that \u201cL\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh<\/strong>\u201d doesn\u2019t have the gravitas<\/em> to substitute for the phrase \u201cL\u00e1 Groundhog<\/strong>\u201d as sometimes used in the political sense.\u00a0 Just try saying \u201cL\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh<\/strong>\u201d [law un OOCH-ee] and I think you\u2019ll see what I mean.\u00a0 At any rate, \u201cL\u00e1 an \u00daitsigh<\/strong>\u201d wouldn\u2019t have had the recognition value that \u201cL\u00e1 Groundhog<\/strong>\u201d does, so if others want to stick with \u201cgroundhog,\u2019\u2019 b\u00edodh acu<\/strong>.\u00a0 I also toyed with\u00a0several other phrases for \u201cgroundhog.\u201d\u00a0 In theory, *muc thal\u00fan<\/strong> could mean \u201cgroundhog,\u201d (lit. pig of the earth), but that sets up some confusion with the existing term \u201carc\u00e1n tal\u00fan<\/strong>,\u201d which means \u201cearth pig\u201d as well as \u201canteater\u201d and \u201caardvark.\u201d\u00a0 Of course, a groundhog isn\u2019t a hog, which we need to keep in mind.\u00a0 We could also try *borra tal\u00fan<\/strong> or *collach coillte tal\u00fan<\/strong>, since borra <\/strong>(barrow, hog) and collach coillte<\/strong> also mean \u201chog\u201d in the physiological sense (ouch on his behalf!), but I\u00a0<\/span>decided these all sounded r\u00f3-mhuca\u00ed<\/strong> ([roh-WOOK-ee] too porcine).\u00a0 Listening to the sound of that, Chewbacca, you better watch out!).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

3) \u00daitseachais<\/strong>, \u201cWoodchuckese,\u201d aka \u201cGroundhogese.\u201d\u00a0 This could also be the possessive form of a word for \u201cWoodchuckness,\u201d if it existed, but let\u2019s not \u201cdul ansin<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sin \u00e9 don bhlag seo<\/strong>, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Su\u00edomh: Maol\u00e1n an Ghogala\u00ed (lit. knob of the gobbler), Pennsylvania iartharach.\u00a0 (Bhuel, i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, mise i mo shu\u00ed os comhair mo r\u00edomhaire ach ag smaoineamh ar an \u00e1it) \u00a0 Am: breacadh an lae, 7:08 r.n. (ag fanacht go dt\u00ed 7:26 r.n.) \u00a0 Teocht: 15 c\u00e9im Fahrenheit (ca. -9 Celsius) (\u00e1thas orm go bhfuil…<\/p>\n

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