{"id":304,"date":"2010-07-20T14:32:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T14:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=304"},"modified":"2016-07-14T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T11:42:57","slug":"mi-iuil-mi-naisiunta-%e2%80%a6-ainmnigh-thusa-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/mi-iuil-mi-naisiunta-%e2%80%a6-ainmnigh-thusa-e\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00ed I\u00fail: M\u00ed N\u00e1isi\u00fanta \u2026 (ainmnigh thusa \u00e9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Before continuing with specific holidays celebrated on specific days in July, let\u2019s look at three subjects that are celebrated all month long, at least i Meirice\u00e1: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Brocair\u00ed Teo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uachtar Reoite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frithleadr\u00e1n<\/strong><\/p>\n

All are interesting to ponder as causes of celebration and all are interesting as far as vocabulary goes.\u00a0 As far as I know, these are only recognized sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe<\/strong>.\u00a0 In fact, in the U.S., there seems to be a predilection here for honoring every topic under the sun with a day, week, or month.\u00a0 In many cases, the events are thinly disguised marketing strategies, but they certainly keep things lively.<\/p>\n

What if, anything, do these three topics have in common?\u00a0 And why July?<\/p>\n

The first two at least share the feature of being edible, especially in the summer months, and the third seems to be a response to that widespread summertime complaint by children, \u201cI\u2019m bored.\u201d<\/p>\n

1) Brocair\u00ed Teo:<\/strong> I don\u2019t think there was a designated word for \u201chot dog,\u201d when I first got involved in Irish.\u00a0 Eventually, though, someone settled on \u201cbrocaire<\/strong>,\u201d instead of \u201cdog\u201d as such, which would have been \u201cmadra<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cmadadh.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 The reason is a bit convoluted since, if anything, the hot dog most closely resembles a \u201cbroc-ch\u00fa<\/strong>\u201d (dachshund) rather than brocair\u00ed<\/strong> (terriers) of the Airedale, Boston, or Jack Russell type.\u00a0 However, both \u201cbroc-ch\u00fa<\/strong>\u201d (lit. badger-hound) and \u201cbrocaire<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cbadgerer\u201d) are based on \u201cbroc<\/strong>\u201d (badger), implying the long narrow body designed for burrowing into the brocach<\/strong> (badger\u2019s set or den).\u00a0 You might recognize the word \u201cbroc<\/strong>\u201d from \u201cLord Brocktree,\u201d a badger in Brian Jacques\u2019 popular Redwall series.\u00a0 \u201cBroc\u201d is pretty much a pan-Celtic word, showing up in Scottish Gaelic and Manx, as well as Welsh (broch),<\/em> Breton (broc\u2019h<\/em>), and Cornish (brogh).<\/em><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t think a dachshund looks like a hot dog, check out the figurine I recently saw in a Cracker Barrel restaurant-store \u2013 humorous but a bit adhfhuafar<\/strong> ([AH-OO-uh-fur, silent \u201cfh\u201d], macabre).\u00a0 Corp broc-ch\u00fa, le ceann, cosa, agus ruball, ach cine\u00e1l borr\u00f3ige ar a dh\u00e1 thaobh agus mustard ar a dhroim<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t get to a Cracker Barrel store, check out this link, for an actual hot-dog costume for your pet dachshund: http:\/\/dachshundtreasures.com\/products\/11301005.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTeo\u201d <\/strong>is the plural of \u201cte\u201d <\/strong>(hot, warm), a somewhat irregularly formed plural.<\/p>\n

2) Uachtar Reoite<\/strong>.\u00a0 This seems to be a favorite word for many of my students, as well as a favorite food around the world.\u00a0 It means \u201cice-cream\u201d (lit. frozen cream).\u00a0 \u201cUachtar<\/strong>\u201d (cream) also means \u201cupper portion\u201d and has a whole slew of related words, including \u201cuachtar\u00e1n<\/strong>\u201d (president) and \u201cSr\u00e1id U\u00ed Chonaill Uachtarach<\/strong>\u201d (Upper O\u2019Connell St.), as well as the trio of \u201csuas<\/strong>,\u201d \u201canuas<\/strong>,\u201d and \u201cthuas<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Of course, most Americans have lost track of the idea of milk separation, with the cream rising to the top, since milk is\u00a0largely drunk already homaiginithe<\/strong> (homogenized), or if you prefer, aonchine\u00e1laithe<\/strong> (homogenized, very literally. \u201cone-typed\u201d).\u00a0 And that\u2019s a nice example of how Irish can offer you a Gaelicized version of a loanword (homaiginithe<\/strong>) or<\/em> create its own version (aon<\/strong> + c(h)ine\u00e1l<\/strong> + –aithe<\/strong>, the suffix).<\/p>\n

By way of background, National Ice Cream Month was so designated by Ronald Reagan, who said that it should be acknowledged with \u201cappropriate ceremonies and activities.\u201d\u00a0C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar <\/strong>\u201cdig in\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Frithleadr\u00e1n<\/strong> is a compound of the prefix \u201cfrith-\u201c <\/strong>(anti-, counter-) and leadr\u00e1n <\/strong>(boredom).\u00a0 There\u2019s another choice for \u201cboredom,\u201d leamhthuirse<\/strong>, but to combine that with the prefix \u201cfrith<\/strong>-\u201c would then create a noun with two prefixes (frithleamhthuirse<\/strong>), so using the more straightforward \u201cleadr\u00e1n<\/strong>\u201d seems preferable.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more examples using \u201cfrith-<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n

frith-Apartheid<\/strong>, anti-Apartheid<\/p>\n

frith-chalaois<\/strong>, anti-fraud<\/p>\n

an Frith-Reifeirm\u00e9isean<\/strong>, the Counter-Reformation<\/p>\n

frith-aisv\u00edreach<\/strong>, antiretroviral<\/p>\n

As for \u201cleadr\u00e1n,\u201d <\/strong>it means \u201cboredom,\u201d the abstract noun.\u00a0 More commonly used by learners is the adjective \u201cleadr\u00e1nach\u201d <\/strong>(boring), as in \u201cN\u00edl an cl\u00e1r teilif\u00edse <\/strong>\u201cLost\u201d leadr\u00e1nach.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>If a person is saying that he or she is bored<\/em>, one can use \u201cT\u00e1 leadr\u00e1n orm<\/strong>,\u201d or, and in my experience more typically, one can use an expression based on a completely different set of words, \u201cdubh d\u00f3ite<\/strong>\u201d (lit. \u201cburnt black\u201d).\u00a0 Sampla: T\u00e1 m\u00e9 dubh d\u00f3ite den chluiche cl\u00e1ir seo \u2013 b\u2019fhearr liom f\u00edschluiche.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>None of these Irish words have anything to do with “boring” a hole.\u00a0 That word, quite logically, is \u201ctolladh,\u201d <\/strong>related to words like \u201ctoll\u00e1n\u201d <\/strong>(tunnel) and \u201ctollpholl\u201d <\/strong>(a borehole).\u00a0 What\u2019s so logical about that, you might ask, if the most basic word for \u201chole\u201d in Modern Irish is actually \u201cpoll\u201d?\u00a0 <\/strong>I say \u201clogical\u201d because the word \u201ctoll\u201d <\/strong>for \u201chole\u201d exists in Old Irish, in some modern Irish place names (Toll Odhar<\/strong>, aka Touloure, and Sliabh Toll, m. sh.), <\/strong>and in Scottish Gaelic (toll<\/em>), and has related forms in Manx (towl<\/em>) and Welsh (twll<\/em>).\u00a0 So it\u2019s certainly the type of word that could have spawned various derivatives.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, \u201cpoll\u201d <\/strong>has generated its own verb, \u201cpolladh\u201d <\/strong>(pierce, perforate), so \u201cpolladh<\/strong>\u201d and \u201ctolladh<\/strong>\u201d are related, but different.<\/p>\n

Hopefully the above explanation was not too \u201cleadr\u00e1nach<\/strong>\u201d and didn\u2019t leave you \u201cdubh d\u00f3ite<\/strong>\u201d or with \u201cleadr\u00e1n ort<\/strong>\u201d (boredom on you). \u00a0SGF —<\/strong>\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. If your country doesn’t celebrate National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month, or National Anti-Boredom Month, please do write in and let us know what special topics or events are celebrated i do th\u00edr f\u00e9in<\/strong> during this month (m\u00ed I\u00fail).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Before continuing with specific holidays celebrated on specific days in July, let\u2019s look at three subjects that are celebrated all month long, at least i Meirice\u00e1: Brocair\u00ed Teo Uachtar Reoite Frithleadr\u00e1n All are interesting to ponder as causes of celebration and all are interesting as far as vocabulary goes.\u00a0 As far as I…<\/p>\n

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