{"id":3634,"date":"2013-01-10T19:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T19:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2019-01-06T22:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:59:23","slug":"five-new-years-resolutions-a-leprechaun-would-make-and-how-to-say-them-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/five-new-years-resolutions-a-leprechaun-would-make-and-how-to-say-them-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Five New Year’s Resolutions a Leprechaun Would Make (and How to Say Them in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

So this is the time of year for na dea-r\u00fain.\u00a0 D\u00e9anann muid iad agus briseann muid iad.\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00e9ard f\u00fatsa?\u00a0 An bhfuil do dhea-r\u00fan (n\u00f3 do dhea-r\u00fain) i bhfeidhm f\u00f3s?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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leipreach\u00e1n ag caitheamh d\u00faid\u00edn (http:\/\/www.clipartpal.com\/clipart_pd\/holiday\/stpatrick\/leprechaun_10287.html)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, mulling over and reading over the tendency to make and break resolutions, I figured I’d go even farther out on a “g\u00e9ag<\/strong>” and imagine some resolutions for leprechauns.\u00a0 Not being a leprechaun myself, these are, of course, from the human perspective, thinking of ways to improve the relationship between na leipreach\u00e1in<\/strong> and na daoine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here are c\u00faig dhea-r\u00fan<\/strong> for starters.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe some more will occur to me if I go back and rewatch Darby O’Gill and The Little People<\/em>.\u00a0 Or reread Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl<\/em> (as Gaeilge, ar nd\u00f3igh<\/strong>, since volume 1 of the series has been translated into Irish).\u00a0 They all start with “gan a bheith<\/strong>” [gahn uh veh], lit. “not to be.”<\/p>\n

1) Gan a bheith ag imirt cleas(anna) ar dhaonnaithe<\/strong>.\u00a0 Play nice, for a change?<\/p>\n

2) Gan a bheith ag caitheamh d\u00faid\u00edn\u00ed — n\u00edl s\u00e9 go maith don tsl\u00e1inte (ach caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il n\u00e1r chuala m\u00e9 riamh faoi leipreach\u00e1n a raibh eimfis\u00e9ime air)<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Gan a bheith chomh sprionlaithe faoi mo chuid \u00f3ir (gan a bheith chomh leithleasach)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4) do “Lubdan,” an leipreach\u00e1n sa sainchead\u00fanas scann\u00e1in<\/strong> “Leprechaun<\/em>” (\u00f3 Leipreach\u00e1n<\/em> f\u00e9in go Leipreach\u00e1n ar ais sa “Hood,<\/em>” srl.)\u00a0 gan a bheith ag dul ar spra\u00edonna maraithe.\u00a0 Is m\u00f3r an t\u00e1bhacht do dhaonnaithe, lucht an tsaoil dhuthain, agus cuireann na b\u00e1sanna sin isteach go m\u00f3r ar na marthan\u00f3ir\u00ed.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

5) gan a bheith ag labhairt le cail\u00edn\u00ed ble\u00e1na\u00ed\u00a0 agus banaoir\u00ed i mbaothbhriathra mealltacha<\/strong>.\u00a0 That one’s for a particular type of fairy, the “geanc\u00e1nach<\/strong>” (love-talker). \u00a0Some consider the “geanc\u00e1naigh<\/strong>” to be leprechauns, since both are male, cobblers (shoemakers), and “solitary,” not “trooping” fairies; others see them as completely non-leprechaun. \u00a0\u00a0As for the exact distinction —\u00a0sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.\u00a0 Anyway, the geanc\u00e1naigh<\/strong> typically whisper these sweet nothings into young women’s ears and then abandon them.\u00a0 Often, the woman died de bhriseadh cro\u00ed<\/strong>, (according to legend).\u00a0 It’s high time the geanc\u00e1nach<\/strong> became freagrach<\/strong> for his actions, don’t you think?\u00a0 Couldn’t he be d\u00edlis<\/strong>, for a change, and perhaps make a serious commitment?<\/p>\n

Of course, since na leipreach\u00e1in<\/strong> seem to be among the most luaineach<\/strong> of all the si\u00f3ga<\/strong>, it wouldn’t be surprising if none of these dea-r\u00fain<\/strong> are kept.\u00a0 Ach n\u00ed bheadh a fhios.<\/strong>\u00a0 Talk to any leprechauns lately?\u00a0\u00a0 Have I?\u00a0 B’fh\u00e9idir \u00e9<\/strong>!\u00a0 \u00a0Amn’t tellin’! \u00a0SGF, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: ag imirt cleas(anna)<\/strong>, playing tricks; banaoir\u00ed<\/strong>, shepherdesses (ban<\/strong>-, woman + aoire<\/strong>, shepherd); baothbhriathra<\/strong>, nonsensical words (remember “briathar<\/strong>” can mean “word” as well as “verb”); b\u00e1sanna<\/strong>, deaths; cail\u00edn\u00ed ble\u00e1na\u00ed<\/strong>, milkmaids; d\u00edlis<\/strong>, sincere; daonnaithe<\/strong>, mortals (pl. of daonna\u00ed<\/strong>); d\u00faid\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, clay pipes; duthain<\/strong>, short-lived; freagrach<\/strong>, responsible; g\u00e9ag<\/strong>, limb; gean<\/strong>, affection, love; i bhfeidhm<\/strong> [ih VIME, rhymes with English “time” or “lime”], in effect; \u00a0leithleasach<\/strong>, selfish; luaineach<\/strong>, fickle; marthan\u00f3ir\u00ed<\/strong>, survivors; mealltach<\/strong>, seductive; sainchead\u00fanas<\/strong>, franchise; si\u00f3ga<\/strong>, fairies; spra\u00edonna<\/strong>, sprees; sprionlaithe<\/strong>, stingy, miserly; t\u00e1bhacht<\/strong>, importance<\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta:<\/strong> I put parentheses around the “-anna<\/strong>” (plural ending of “cleasanna<\/strong>“) because there seems to be widespread precedent for this usage.\u00a0 Officially though, the form would simply be “cleas<\/strong>” (tuiseal ginideach, iolra<\/strong>, for those interested sa ghramadach<\/strong>).\u00a0 I’ve seen examples of both “imirt cleas<\/strong>” and “imirt cleasanna<\/strong>.”\u00a0 If any readers have more definitive opinions on this pointe gramada\u00ed<\/strong>, please do write in.<\/p>\n

f\u00e1isc-eala\u00edn \u00f3<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0www.clipartpal.com (http:\/\/www.clipartpal.com\/clipart_pd\/holiday\/stpatrick\/leprechaun_10287.html<\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) So this is the time of year for na dea-r\u00fain.\u00a0 D\u00e9anann muid iad agus briseann muid iad.\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00e9ard f\u00fatsa?\u00a0 An bhfuil do dhea-r\u00fan (n\u00f3 do dhea-r\u00fain) i bhfeidhm f\u00f3s? Anyway, mulling over and reading over the tendency to make and break resolutions, I figured I’d go even farther out on a “g\u00e9ag” and…<\/p>\n

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