{"id":4312,"date":"2013-08-09T20:11:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2015-02-12T18:51:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T18:51:21","slug":"speaking-of-antidisestablishmentarianism-i-ngaeilge-ar-ndoigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/speaking-of-antidisestablishmentarianism-i-ngaeilge-ar-ndoigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of ‘Antidisestablishmentarianism’ (i nGaeilge, ar nd\u00f3igh)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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‘An Ghaeilge air seo?’ ‘frith-dh\u00edbhuna\u00edochas’<\/p><\/div>\n

Since the word “frith-dh\u00edbhuna\u00edochas<\/strong>” was introduced in the last blog, I thought it might be both informative and fun to break this word apart into its component elements.\u00a0 Also, some of you may have noticed that I inadvertently omitted the “anti-” prefix for the English word at one point during that discussion.\u00a0 “Ubh ar m’aghaidh,” mar a deirtear i mB\u00e9arla!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, first I’d like to note that in the last blog (8\/8\/13), the sentence starting ” \u00a0The Irish for ‘disestablishmentarianism’ is …” should have been ” The Irish for ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’ is ….”\u00a0 The ceart\u00fach\u00e1n<\/strong> has already been made sa leagan ar l\u00edne<\/strong> but for those who get their blog san r-phost<\/strong>, you received your copy before the correction.<\/p>\n

That said, let’s look at “frith-dh\u00edbhuna\u00edochas<\/strong>” itself.\u00a0 First, pronunciation, which will also become clearer as we break the word apart:<\/p>\n

frith<\/strong>– [frih, with a breathy “h” sound at the end]<\/p>\n

-dh\u00ed<\/strong>– [yee]<\/p>\n

bhuna\u00edochas<\/strong> [WUN-ee-uh-khuss]<\/p>\n

Altogether, [FRIH-YEE-WUN-ee-uh-khuss].\u00a0 The emphasis on the first three syllables is almost equal, because we have two prefixes before getting to the core of the word.\u00a0 And, yes, that’s a bit unusual, but so is having two prefixes : )<\/p>\n

Now for meaning:<\/p>\n

frith-,<\/b> anti-, counter-, etc., as in “frithchiocl\u00f3n<\/strong>” (anticyclone), “frithdhamhna<\/strong>” (antimatter), “frith\u00e9ileamh<\/strong>” (counter-claim), and “frithcheilg<\/strong>” (counterplot).<\/p>\n

Sometimes “frith<\/strong>-” is not translated as “anti-” or “counter-” or by any synonyms for that prefix, as in “frithsheasmhacht<\/strong>” (steadfastness, resistance) or “frithph\u00e1irteachas<\/strong>” (mutuality, in commerce or finance).<\/p>\n

And just to bring us out of the realm of the abstract, back down to earth, or in this case, uisce<\/strong>, we have “frithghob<\/strong> \u00e9isc,<\/strong>” which means a “hooked jaw of a fish.”<\/p>\n

d\u00ed<\/b> [djee], the prefix, is lenited to become “dh\u00ed<\/strong>” [yee].\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because this prefix is prefixed by the preceding prefix (i.e. the “frith<\/strong>-“).\u00a0 In Irish, prefixes generally cause lenition of the letters b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s, and t, as in “an-mhaith<\/strong>” and “r\u00f3the<\/strong>.”\u00a0 There are some exceptions, either where the affected consonant isn’t lenitable anyway (drochl\u00e1<\/strong>, a bad day) or where certain sounds are adjacent (an-deas<\/strong>, very nice).<\/p>\n

The prefix “d\u00ed<\/strong>” can be translated as English “de-,” “di,” “dis-,” “in,” or “un.” \u00a0For current purposes , “dis-” is obviously the most suitable translation.\u00a0 How about some other words with this prefix?\u00a0 A “d\u00ed-adharc\u00f3ir<\/strong>,” an implement which I have never used, would be important in animal husbandry.\u00a0 It’s translated as a “de-horner.” \u00a0“What’s that?” you’re thinking. \u00a0No, not quite that important! \u00a0 That implement would, I believe, be a “deimheas coillteoireachta<\/strong>” (or “spochad\u00f3ireachta<\/strong>“) although I must confess that once again, I’ve never used one and am not sure I’ve ever seen one.\u00a0 A few more examples of “d\u00ed<\/strong>-” are: d\u00ed-adhlacadh<\/strong> (exhumation), d\u00edfh\u00e1scadh <\/strong>(to decompress), and d\u00ed-ocsa\u00eddi\u00fa<\/strong>\u00a0(deoxidation).<\/p>\n

And now the most interesting part:<\/p>\n

buna\u00edochas <\/b><\/p>\n

As a noun, this wouldn’t normally be used on its own, at least in my experience, but we do have the adjective “buna\u00edoch<\/strong>” (primitive, in the biological sense, i.e. relating to the fundamental).\u00a0 The verb “bun\u00fa<\/strong>” means “to found” or “to establish,” or essentially, “to create the foundation for.”<\/p>\n

And that brings us down to “bun an sc\u00e9il<\/strong>,” i.e. “the bottom of the story”:<\/p>\n

bun<\/b>, base, bottom, stump, lower end, foundation, etc.<\/p>\n

For pronunciation, note that while the Irish word “bun<\/strong>” (base, etc.) looks just like English “bun” (the pastry), they are pronounced differently.\u00a0 Irish “bun<\/strong>” has the “u” sound of English “put” while English “bun” has the “u” sound of English “putt,” as in golf.<\/p>\n

As for the suffix “-a\u00edochas<\/strong>,” it’s used fairly frequently for the “-ism” suffix in English.\u00a0 Examples range from newish terms such as “Afra-thodhcha\u00edochas<\/strong>” (Afro-futurism) to more basic ones such as “gn\u00e9asa\u00edochas”<\/strong> (sexism) and “gn\u00edomha\u00edochas<\/strong>” (activism).\u00a0 And then there are the self-explanatory ones like “Trotsca\u00edochas<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

A variant of the suffix,”-\u00edochas<\/strong>,” is used for words whose roots end in slender vowels (e or i), such as “cin\u00edochas<\/strong>” (racism) and “boilsc\u00edochas<\/strong>” (inflationism).<\/p>\n

Anyway, sin bun agus barr sc\u00e9al an lae inniu<\/strong>, in other words, that’s it for this blog, and I hope the missing “anti-” didn’t cause too much confusion for you “r-phost<\/strong>” readers.\u00a0 SGF, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Since the word “frith-dh\u00edbhuna\u00edochas” was introduced in the last blog, I thought it might be both informative and fun to break this word apart into its component elements.\u00a0 Also, some of you may have noticed that I inadvertently omitted the “anti-” prefix for the English word at one point during that discussion.\u00a0 “Ubh…<\/p>\n

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