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More phrases about graduation.<\/p>\n
4) Cad a deir t\u00fa le c\u00e9im\u00ed?<\/strong><\/p>\n a) comhghairdeas<\/strong> [KOH- <\/strong>\u03b3<\/strong>ARDJ-uss]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n b) comhghairm<\/strong> [KOH-\u03b3<\/strong>ARzh<\/sup>-im]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n c) comhghairdeachas<\/strong> [KOH- <\/strong>\u03b3<\/strong>ARDJ-ukh-uss]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n d) mo ghraidhin th\u00fa<\/strong><\/p>\n e) a agus c agus d<\/strong><\/p>\n 5) An bhfuair t\u00fa f\u00e9in c\u00e9im i mbliana?\u00a0 M\u00e1 fuair, inis d\u00fainn, m\u00e1s mian leat \u2013 an cine\u00e1l c\u00e9ime agus an t-\u00e1bhar (leibh\u00e9al mar ch\u00e9im bhaitsil\u00e9ara\/mh\u00e1istir\/dhocht\u00fara n\u00f3 \u00e1bhar ar bith \u00f3 ailtireacht go z\u00f3-eola\u00edocht n\u00f3 gairm ar bith mar dhl\u00ed-eola\u00edocht n\u00f3 leigheas)<\/strong><\/p>\n N\u00f3ta\u00ed agus Freagra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n S\u00fail Siar: M\u00ed an Mheithimh, <\/strong>the month of June, M\u00ed na gC\u00e9imnithe<\/strong>, the month of graduations<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>4) N\u00f3ta\u00ed: <\/strong>What do you say to a grad? e) a, c, agus d<\/p>\n Answers a) and c) both mean \u201ccongratulations,\u201d with c) more typical of Northern Irish.\u00a0 They\u2019re both compound words, based on \u201ccomh<\/strong>-\u201c (co-) and \u201cg\u00e1ir<\/strong>\u201d (shout, outcry).<\/p>\n b) is incorrect, since it means \u201cconvocation\u201d (it\u2019s simply the next word in the dictionary!)<\/p>\n d) is also correct, meaning, \u201cBravo!\u201d or \u201cGood yourself!\u201d \u201cGo deo<\/strong>\u201d can be added after \u201cghraidhin<\/strong>\u201d for emphasis, meaning, literally, \u201cforever.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The exact meaning of \u201cgraidhin<\/strong>\u201d is unclear but the structure of the phrase is \u201cYou are my \u201cgraidhin<\/strong>,\u201d so it\u2019s clearly something favorable. \u00a0Perhaps \u201cgr\u00e1idh\u00edn<\/strong>\u201d (little love)? \u00a0\u201cGraidhin<\/strong>\u201d is pronounced to rhyme with \u201cwhine,\u201d \u00a0\u201csign,\u201d or \u201cgrind\u201d without the \u201cd,\u201d with just a suggestion of having two syllables (and the \u201c-dh-\u201c silent)..\u00a0 Make sure you don\u2019t pronounce it like the word \u201cgr\u00e1in<\/strong>\u201d [GRAW-in] which means \u201cdisgust\u201d or \u201cugliness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n 5) gluais: \u00e1bhar<\/strong>, subject; ailtireacht<\/strong>, architecture; baitsil\u00e9ir<\/strong>, bachelor; dl\u00ed-eola\u00edocht, <\/strong>jurisprudence; fuair, <\/strong>got; gairm<\/strong>, profession; inis d\u00fainn<\/strong>, tell us; leigheas, <\/strong>medicine; m\u00e1istir, <\/strong>master; m\u00e1s mian leat, <\/strong>if you wish; z\u00f3-eola\u00edocht,<\/strong> zoology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (ar lean\u00faint) More phrases about graduation. 4) Cad a deir t\u00fa le c\u00e9im\u00ed? a) comhghairdeas [KOH- \u03b3ARDJ-uss]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b) comhghairm [KOH-\u03b3ARzh-im]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c) comhghairdeachas [KOH- \u03b3ARDJ-ukh-uss]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d) mo ghraidhin th\u00fa e) a agus c agus d 5) An bhfuair t\u00fa f\u00e9in c\u00e9im i mbliana?\u00a0 M\u00e1 fuair, inis d\u00fainn, m\u00e1s mian leat \u2013 an cine\u00e1l c\u00e9ime agus an…<\/p>\n