{"id":257,"date":"2010-06-06T16:33:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=257"},"modified":"2010-06-08T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T16:38:42","slug":"d-day-an-6u-la-de-mhi-an-mheithimh-i-ngaeilge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/d-day-an-6u-la-de-mhi-an-mheithimh-i-ngaeilge\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Day (an 6\u00fa l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed an Mheithimh) i nGaeilge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar D-Day?\u00a0 Freagra: \u201cD-Day\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet another example of a \u201cl\u00e1 a bhfuil cuimhne air,\u201d <\/strong>or maybe I should say \u201cl\u00e1 a mb\u00edonn cuimhne air,\u201d <\/strong>to emphasize the continuity.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanna f\u00e1gtar t\u00e9arma iasachta sa teanga iasachta, mar huerta <\/em>agus kloof<\/em> agus \u201cwadi<\/em>,\u201d agus sin \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al le \u201cD-Day,\u201d <\/strong>as far as I can tell.\u00a0 <\/strong>Other times, by the way, foreign words are gaelicized, as in \u201c\u00edogl\u00fa,\u201d \u201cmons\u00fan,\u201d <\/strong>and \u201cs\u00e1bhanna.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The curious thing about this, to me, is that while \u201cD-Day\u201d and a number of other terms in English are accepted in Irish, other languages have adapted their word for \u201cD-Day\u201d according to their own vocabulary. \u00a0Examples include Jour J<\/em> (sa Fhrancais<\/strong>), T-Tag<\/em> (sa Ghearm\u00e1inis<\/strong>), agus E Eguna<\/em> (sa Bhascais<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen \u201cL-L\u00e1<\/strong>\u201d and even \u201cD-L\u00e1<\/strong>\u201d proposed, but I tend toward the simplest solution (in most cases!), so will stick with \u201cD-Day\u201d (as B\u00e9arla<\/strong>) as the dictionaries suggest.\u00a0 If the phrase were to be gaelicized, one wonders whether it should, in fact, be \u201cL-L\u00e1<\/strong>\u201d (like English and German) or \u201cL\u00e1-L<\/strong>\u201d (like the French).\u00a0 Since the \u201cL<\/strong>-\u201c is more or less adjectival, it could follow the normal pattern for Irish adjectives (following their noun).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Or it could be construed as a prefix.\u00a0 A parallel scenario can be seen with the word for \u201cT-shirt.\u201d\u00a0 Generally, it\u2019s \u201cT-l\u00e9ine\u201d <\/strong>in Irish, but sometimes one sees or hears \u201cl\u00e9ine-T.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

One final curious factor about all of this, IMBhU<\/strong>, is that VE Day and VJ Day have full-fledged terms in Irish, presumably because VE and VJ have clear meanings: L\u00e1 an Bhua san Eoraip <\/strong>and L\u00e1 an Bhua ar an tSeap\u00e1in.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: f\u00e1gtar, <\/strong>is left \/ are left; iasacht <\/strong>[EE-uss-ukht], loan, foreign, from outside; IMBhU, i mo bhar\u00fail umhal <\/strong>[ih muh WAHR-oo-il OO-ul] (which may be a new addition to acrainmneacha don T\u00e9acsais<\/strong>, though it may well be that others have started using it \u2013 n\u00ed th\u00e9acs\u00e1laim go minic, gan a bheith ag tr\u00e1cht ar a bheith ag t\u00e9acs\u00e1il i nGaeilge; l\u00e9ine <\/strong>[LAYN-yeh] <\/strong>shirt <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bunchialla do na t\u00e9arma iasachta eile: <\/strong>huerta<\/em> (gaird\u00edn); <\/strong>kloof<\/em> (scoilt, alt\u00e1n mar \u201c<\/strong>ravine\u201d); wadi (leaba shruth\u00e1in<\/strong>). For details and nuances, please check the original languages!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar D-Day?\u00a0 Freagra: \u201cD-Day\u201d Yet another example of a \u201cl\u00e1 a bhfuil cuimhne air,\u201d or maybe I should say \u201cl\u00e1 a mb\u00edonn cuimhne air,\u201d to emphasize the continuity.\u00a0 \u00a0 Amanna f\u00e1gtar t\u00e9arma iasachta sa teanga iasachta, mar huerta agus kloof agus \u201cwadi,\u201d agus sin \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al le \u201cD-Day,\u201d as far as…<\/p>\n

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