{"id":3165,"date":"2012-09-06T19:02:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T19:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2012-09-20T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:45:13","slug":"an-tasal-ag-beiceach-no-ag-gragail-no-ag-buireach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-tasal-ag-beiceach-no-ag-gragail-no-ag-buireach\/","title":{"rendered":"An tAsal ag B\u00e9iceach (n\u00f3 ag Gr\u00e1ga\u00edl … n\u00f3 ag B\u00faireach)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Following up on the most recent blog, about hinnies hinnying or whinnying or neighing (aka r\u00e1inigh ag seitreach<\/strong>), I’ve looked a little further into equine noises.\u00a0 \u00a0“B\u00e9iceach<\/strong>” and “gr\u00e1ga\u00edl<\/strong>” were mentioned last time, and here’s one more: “b\u00faireach<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

All of these words have additional meanings as well, so they are not so specifically limited to a particular animal as many English animal noises are.\u00a0 No clue why that should be!<\/p>\n

1) b\u00e9iceach<\/strong> [BAYK-yukh] can mean “braying,” “roaring” “or “shouting”<\/p>\n

So we could say, “T\u00e1 an t-asal ag b\u00e9iceach<\/strong>” or “T\u00e1 an leanbh ag b\u00e9iceach<\/strong>” (describing a mewling child)<\/p>\n

2) b\u00faireach<\/strong> [BOORzh-ukh] can mean “braying,” “roaring,” or “bellowing,”<\/p>\n

So we could say “Bh\u00ed an t-asal ag b\u00faireach<\/strong>” or “Bh\u00ed an tarbh ag b\u00faireach<\/strong>” (tarbh<\/strong>, bull). \u00a0“B\u00faireach<\/strong>” is also used for trumpets, so we could say, “T\u00e1 na trumpa\u00ed ag b\u00faireach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 “Trumpa<\/strong>” can also mean a jaw harp, though, so I doubt you’d use “b\u00faireach<\/strong>” for that sound, more like “streanc\u00e1nacht<\/strong>” (twanging, strumming) or “pleancadh<\/strong>” (twanging or “planking”).\u00a0 And if you know anyone who’s a “trumpad\u00f3ir<\/strong>” (loud-mouthed prater), they could be described as “ag b\u00faireach<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

3) gr\u00e1ga\u00edl<\/strong> [GRAWG-eel] can mean “braying,” “cawing,” or “crowing.”<\/p>\n

So we could say, “B\u00edonn an t-asal ag gr\u00e1ga\u00edl<\/strong>” or “B\u00edonn an pr\u00e9ach\u00e1n ag gr\u00e1ga\u00edl<\/strong>.” \u00a0And, needless to say, a “gr\u00e1gaire<\/strong>” does consistently be “ag gr\u00e1ga\u00edl<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Anyone have any thoughts as to whether mules and hinnies can be described as braying?\u00a0 I hunted all over the Internet and found some samples like “Marshall The Mule, Braying.” \u00a0The description says that Marshall is calling for his cail\u00edn<\/strong>, (if we can call her that).\u00a0