{"id":3180,"date":"2012-09-09T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2012-09-21T21:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T21:52:35","slug":"ceathairchosaigh-chrubacha-say-what-kind-of-quadrupeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ceathairchosaigh-chrubacha-say-what-kind-of-quadrupeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceathairchosaigh Chr\u00fabacha (Say WHAT Kind of Quadrupeds?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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C\u00e9 leis an chr\u00fab seo?<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0“Cr\u00fabach”<\/strong> is a readily recognized word if you know “cr\u00fab<\/strong>” (hoof).\u00a0 It can mean “hoofed,” of course, but, in more technical jargon, it also means “ungulate.”\u00a0 Anyone recognize the Irish word related to “ungulate”?\u00a0 Try “ionga<\/strong>,” or, as you might know it, in the plural, “ingne<\/strong>,” seen in the well-known curse, “Tochas agus dith ingne ort<\/strong>.” \u00a0That means “(May you have) an itch on you and no fingernails (to scratch it).” \u00a0\u00a0Literally, it’s “Itch and lack of fingernails on you,” with “ingne<\/strong>” meaning “fingernails.”\u00a0 You might remember an mhallacht seo<\/strong> from the blog of 17 Meitheamh<\/strong> 2011, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/dith-ingne-an-cuigiu-diochlaonadh-ar-l-aris\/<\/a>, which was actually a grammar unit in disguise, about ainmfhocail sa ch\u00faigi\u00fa <\/strong>(5th) d\u00edochlaonadh<\/strong>.\u00a0 Anyway, the Latin word “unguis<\/strong>” (claw, finger- or toe-nail) gives us “ungulate” and is related to the Irish “ionga<\/strong>” (finger- or toe-nail, or clove, as in garlic). \u00a0\u00a0Go cognates!<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more. \u00a0Latin “unguis<\/em>” can also mean “hoof” (wouldn’t you know it?), but more often “ungula<\/em>,” a diminutive of “unguis<\/em>,” is used for “hoof.” \u00a0That also explains the “l” in “ungulate.” \u00a0And for anyone who’s really interested in this stuff, there’s also\u00a0“unguiculus” (<\/em>a little “unguis<\/em>“) for “fingernail.”<\/p>\n

Now, as usual, there are other words for “claw,” like “ladhar<\/strong>” (for a gliomach<\/strong>, lobster), or “cr\u00e1g<\/strong>” (for an \u00e9an<\/strong>, bird), but at least one of the main words, “ionga<\/strong>,” is nicely connected to Latin. \u00a0So that ties in to “ungulates,” and now, we can go back to “cr\u00fabach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Irish is a little more direct than English with the word “cr\u00fabach<\/strong>,” here specifying “hoofs,” which are really extended nails.\u00a0 So the Irish for “ungulate,” instead of being based on “ionga<\/strong>,” is based on “cr\u00fab<\/strong>,” which more specifically means “hoof” (as opposed to “nail”).\u00a0 Just to reambiguate things, though, “cr\u00fab<\/strong>” can also mean “claw” or “talon” depending on context. \u00a0\u00a0One might wonder how a word can be so all-encompassing.\u00a0 I think it helps to think of “cr\u00fab<\/strong>,” or other similarly open-ended words, as basically meaning the “horny end part of a human or animal foot.”\u00a0 If translating “cr\u00fab<\/strong>,” we can adapt the translation to English expectations (quadrupeds have hoofs, birds, amongst other animals, have claws).<\/p>\n

In fact, there is an Irish adjective based on “ionga \/ ingne<\/strong>,” which is “ingneach<\/strong>,” but that means “having claws, talons or nails” (not “having hoofs”).\u00a0 “Ionga<\/strong>” gives us a further interesting word, “ingnead\u00f3ireacht<\/strong>” (the act of picking at something or someone with one’s nails, or clawing at them).\u00a0 Aaargh, ae bocht <\/strong>Phroim\u00e9it\u00e9is (eisean bocht freisin agus truac\u00e1nta leis) agus na hiolair n\u00f3 na bult\u00fair ag ingnead\u00f3ireacht air nuair a bh\u00ed s\u00e9 faoi chuibhreach.\u00a0 \u00a0An cr\u00e9at\u00far!\u00a0 Agus eisean a thug tine d\u00fainn in aimsir na nd\u00e9ithe Gr\u00e9agacha!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it’s ever necessary to distinguish fingernails from toenails, “ionga l\u00e1imhe<\/strong>” (lit. nail of hand) and “ionga coise<\/strong>” (nail of foot) or “ionga laidhre<\/strong>” (nail of toe) can be used.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to “cr\u00fabach<\/strong>,” just to bring things full circle, it can also mean “clawed” (having claws) or “lame” (which is usually “bacach<\/strong>“) or “talipedal” (which is usually the adjective “reilig\u00edneach<\/strong>” or expressed with the noun phrase, “cam reilige<\/strong>“, aka talipes, which is more widely, but less politically correctly known as “clubfoot”).<\/p>\n

Just to recap all that, the most basic meanings I’d expect to find for the main words above, separating out the overlap, \u00a0are:<\/p>\n

cr\u00fabach<\/strong>, hoofed, ungulate (from cr\u00fab<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

ingneach <\/strong>(or “iongach<\/strong>“), taloned, clawed, or having nails (from ionga<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

And all of this leads up to our selection of ceathairchosaigh chr\u00fabacha<\/strong>, which I’ve listed here in the plural.\u00a0 How about filling in the blanks with the singular form of the noun, with and without the definite article (always a good workout)?\u00a0 Some of the animals have been discussed in recent blogs, others I’ve rounded up from various other vocabulary lists.\u00a0 I’ve done the first row, just for good measure.\u00a0 Freagra\u00ed th\u00edos, mar is gn\u00e1ch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nIolra<\/em><\/strong> (plural)<\/td>\nUatha <\/strong>(singular)<\/strong><\/td>\nLeis an alt<\/strong><\/td>\nB\u00e9arla<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\ncapaill<\/strong><\/td>\ncapall<\/strong><\/td>\nan capall<\/strong><\/td>\nhorse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nmi\u00faileanna<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nantal\u00f3ip<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\ncamaill<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nba<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nonagair<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\npicir\u00ed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nmuc<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\niomp\u00e1la\u00ed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nmuca faithneacha<\/strong> aka toirc na bhfaithn\u00ed <\/strong>(two names for the same animal)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Bain sult as!\u00a0 SGF, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra don phictiur: Is le capall Clydesdale<\/strong>\u00a0\u00ed an chr\u00fab seo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed don chairt (ag tos\u00fa le 2 mar t\u00e1 1 d\u00e9anta)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. mi\u00fail, an mhi\u00fail<\/strong> [un VYOO-il, with “vyoo” basically like English “view”], mule; 3. antal\u00f3p, an t-antal\u00f3p<\/strong>, antelope; 4. camall, an camall<\/strong>, camel; 5. b\u00f3, an bh\u00f3<\/strong> [un woh], cow; 6. onagair, an onagair<\/strong>, onager; 7. picire, an picire<\/strong>, peccary; 8. muc, an mhuc<\/strong> [un wuk], pig; 9. iomp\u00e1la, an t-iomp\u00e1la<\/strong>, impala;<\/p>\n

Number 10 will take a bit of doing, so it gets its separate little section here, n\u00edos faide<\/strong> than all the other freagra\u00ed<\/strong> combined!<\/p>\n

10a. muc fhaithneach, an mhuc fhaithneach<\/strong> [un wuk AH-nyukh, with the “f” and the “t” silent], warthog, lit. warty pig, and no, you can’t reverse that and get “Hogwarts.”\u00a0 Well, actually you’re welcome to go for it ” * Faithneachmhuca<\/strong>” or, um, should that be ” *faithn\u00edmhuice<\/strong>” (lit. warts of pig)?\u00a0 I don’t know how much Harry Potter and his fellow wizards thought of “Hogwarts” in terms of “Warthogs,” as opposed to “faithn\u00ed<\/strong>” that are actually on “muca<\/strong>.” \u00a0And, come to think of it, I believe “wort” (from Old English “wyrt<\/em>,” root, plant) was really J. K. Rowling’s subliminal inspiration for “Hogwarts,” based on “Hogwort,” the plant, but I guess there’s always the “f\u00e9idearthacht<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

10b. torc na bhfaithn\u00ed<\/strong> , presumably the same (torc na bhfaithn\u00ed<\/strong>) for the definite form — one could hypothesize ” * torc faithn\u00ed<\/strong>” for an indefinite form, but I see neither hair nor hide (warty or otherwise) of such a phrase ar l\u00edne<\/strong>.\u00a0 “Torc na bhfaithn\u00ed<\/strong>” literally means “the boar of the warts.”\u00a0 Wild boar, that is, a domestic boar (male pig) is a “collach<\/strong>,” which curiously enough, can also mean a male crab (sa chomhth\u00e9acs cr\u00fastach<\/strong>, in the crustacean context), a foreigner (!), or a crude person.<\/p>\n

And who’s talking “torc<\/strong>” on the Idirl\u00edon<\/strong> anyway?\u00a0 Not many people.\u00a0 Seacht n-amas<\/strong> (7 hits) for “torc na bhfaithn\u00ed<\/strong>,” and all of them in glossaries of one sort or another, none in a natural context (like “cute warthog tricks”), none for “toirc na bhfaithn\u00ed<\/strong>,” the plural.\u00a0 Not that “muc fhaithneach<\/strong>” fares much better: seacht (7) n-amas ar\u00eds<\/strong> in the singular; these are mostly from Flickr, so at least there’s a real comhth\u00e9acs<\/strong> to the use of the word. \u00a0For the plural, “muca faithneacha<\/strong>,” there are no hits (amas ar bith<\/strong>).\u00a0 With lenition, an mhuc fhaithneach<\/strong>, there’s amas amh\u00e1in<\/strong>, leading back to “Greann\u00e1in agus Greann\u00e1na\u00edocht<\/a><\/strong>” (http:\/\/www.oocities.org\/faolchu.geo\/greannan.html), where it appears to be somebody’s ainm sc\u00e1ile\u00e1in<\/strong> (screen name), or else an ainm cleite<\/strong> (pen name). \u00a0An bhfuil aithne agat ar “an Mhuc Fhaithneach”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why there are two words for “warthog” in Irish is beyond my ken.\u00a0 That’s “ken” as in “kenna<\/em>” san \u00cdoslainnis<\/strong> (know, make known), which at least the German speakers reading this will “kennen<\/em>” (know), unless, that is, they “wissen<\/em>” it.\u00a0 Anyway, that’s not as in Ken, an bh\u00e1b\u00f3g<\/strong>.\u00a0 Although the answer would probably be beyond Ken’s ken, too, for that matter.\u00a0 As would most most actual eolas<\/strong> (knowledge), given the size of Ken’s ceann beag plaisteach<\/strong>. Not that I ever had a Ken doll, ach sin sc\u00e9al completely gan baint le sc\u00e9al an lae inniu.\u00a0 Mise ag teacht an\u00edos i mo ph\u00e1iste \u00e9aBhairbreach<\/strong> (Barbieless). \u00a0Am \u00e9igin eile.\u00a0 B’fh\u00e9idir.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) \u00a0“Cr\u00fabach” is a readily recognized word if you know “cr\u00fab” (hoof).\u00a0 It can mean “hoofed,” of course, but, in more technical jargon, it also means “ungulate.”\u00a0 Anyone recognize the Irish word related to “ungulate”?\u00a0 Try “ionga,” or, as you might know it, in the plural, “ingne,” seen in the well-known curse, “Tochas agus…<\/p>\n

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