{"id":3760,"date":"2013-02-28T03:47:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T03:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2019-06-17T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:03:55","slug":"tri-fhocal-ar-asteroid-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tri-fhocal-ar-asteroid-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u00ed Fhocal ar ‘Asteroid’ (in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Since we’ve been on this astronomy kick, covering dreig\u00edt\u00ed<\/strong> agus c\u00f3im\u00e9id<\/strong>, I figured we may as well cover asteroids as well.<\/p>\n

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Crios na nAstar\u00f3ideach (NASA, fearann poibl\u00ed)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Overall, I’d say that of the three terms (meteor, comet, asteroid), the term “astar\u00f3ideach”\u00a0<\/strong>is the most straightforward of the three.\u00a0 There are still several choices, but they all break down into recognizable prefixes, roots, and suffixes.\u00a0 Seo iad<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1) astar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, clearly related to the word “asteroid” itself; its forms are:<\/p>\n

an t-astar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, the asteroid<\/p>\n

astar\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, of an asteroid; an astar\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, of the asteroid<\/p>\n

astar\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, asteroids; na hastar\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, the asteroids<\/p>\n

astar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, of asteroids, as in “braisle astar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>” (a group of asteroids)<\/p>\n

na n-astar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, of the asteroids, as in “Crios na nAstar\u00f3ideach<\/strong>” (The Asteroid Belt, lit. the Belt of the Asteroids)<\/p>\n

2) mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong> (minor planet), based on “mion<\/strong>-” + “pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong>” (planet), which is lenited, so it becomes “phl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong>” [FLAWN-ayd]<\/p>\n

an mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong>, the minor planet<\/p>\n

mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9id<\/strong>, of a minor planet; an mhionphl\u00e1in\u00e9id<\/strong> [un VIN-FLAWN-aydj], of the minor planet<\/p>\n

mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9id<\/strong>, minor planets; na mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9id<\/strong>, the minor planets<\/p>\n

mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong>, of minor planets<\/p>\n

na mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9ad<\/strong>, of the minor planets<\/p>\n

3) And the third choice, “pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3ideach<\/strong>,” is basically like saying “planetoid.”\u00a0 Seo foirmeacha an fhocail sin<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

an pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, the planetoid [un PLAWN-ayd-ohdj-ukh]<\/p>\n

pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, of a planetoid; an phl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, of the planetoid<\/p>\n

pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, planetoids [PLAWN-ayd-ohdj-ee]; na pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3idigh<\/strong>, the planetoids<\/p>\n

pl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, of planetoids; na bpl\u00e1in\u00e9ad\u00f3ideach<\/strong>, of the planetoids [nuh BLAWN-ayd-oh-idj-ukh]<\/p>\n

So that’s three choices.\u00a0 As for when to use which, primarily I leave the fine-point distinctions in usage to the actual r\u00e9alteolaithe<\/strong> out there.\u00a0 While the terms “asteroid,” “minor planet,” and “planetoid,” used to be considered more or less synonymous, the situation has gotten more complex recently, with the discovery of mionphl\u00e1in\u00e9id nach astar\u00f3idigh iad<\/strong>.\u00a0 But those issues are way above my head, as are, in fact, all the “reanna neimhe<\/strong>,” as I sit here faoi mo bhuaic phr\u00edobh\u00e1ideach f\u00e9in<\/strong>.\u00a0 And I suppose we could say that all the “reanna neimh<\/strong>e” are above \u00e1r gcomhchloigne go l\u00e9ir<\/strong> as we all sit beneath \u00e1r mbuaiceanna pr\u00edobh\u00e1ideacha f\u00e9in<\/strong>.\u00a0 And on that slightly philosophical note, sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill<\/strong>, or as Jack Horkheimer used to say (ina chl\u00e1r teilif\u00edse<\/strong>, Star Gazers<\/em>), “leanaig\u00ed libh de bheith ag f\u00e9achaint suas!<\/strong>”\u00a0 Ar nd\u00f3igh, d\u00fairt s\u00e9 i mB\u00e9arla \u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gluais: buaic<\/strong>, zenith; r\u00e9alteola\u00ed<\/strong>, astronomer; rinn neimhe<\/strong>, heavenly body, pl. reanna neimhe<\/strong>, heavenly bodies, from “rinn<\/strong>,” a feminine noun meaning “star” or “planet” (not from “rinn<\/strong>,” the masculine noun meaning “promontory” or “headland”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Since we’ve been on this astronomy kick, covering dreig\u00edt\u00ed agus c\u00f3im\u00e9id, I figured we may as well cover asteroids as well. Overall, I’d say that of the three terms (meteor, comet, asteroid), the term “astar\u00f3ideach”\u00a0is the most straightforward of the three.\u00a0 There are still several choices, but they all break down into recognizable…<\/p>\n

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