{"id":44,"date":"2009-06-20T00:26:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T04:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=44"},"modified":"2009-06-20T00:26:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T04:26:33","slug":"tearmai-ginealeolaiochta-genealogical-terms-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tearmai-ginealeolaiochta-genealogical-terms-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e9arma\u00ed Ginealeola\u00edochta: Genealogical Terms in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you working ar do chraobh ghinealaigh<\/strong> (on your family tree)?\u00a0 <\/span>Are you interested i nginealeola\u00edocht <\/strong>(in genealogy)?\u00a0 <\/span>If so, these terms could be useful.\u00a0 <\/span>They are shown as vocabulary items and with sample phrases or questions.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ainm<\/span><\/strong> (name): C\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 ort?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>What\u2019s your name?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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sloinne<\/span><\/strong> (surname): C\u00e9n sloinne at\u00e1 ort?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>What\u2019s your surname?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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sloinne<\/span><\/strong> (\u2026) \u00a0<\/span>roimh ph\u00f3sadh<\/strong> (maiden name): C\u00e9n sloinne a bh\u00ed ort roimh ph\u00f3sadh?<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>What was your maiden name?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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c\u00e9ile<\/span><\/strong> (spouse, partner, mate, plus many idiomatic uses):\u00a0 <\/span>Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 i bhfad \u00f3na dhaoine c\u00e9ile<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>He was far from his own people.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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bean<\/span><\/strong> (woman, wife):\u00a0 <\/span>Seo \u00ed bean Liam.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>This is Liam\u2019s wife. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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bean ch\u00e9ile<\/span><\/strong>: wife (a slightly more formal term):\u00a0 <\/span>Seo \u00ed bean ch\u00e9ile Liam.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>This is Liam\u2019s wife. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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fear<\/span><\/strong> (man, husband): Seo \u00e9 fear Aoife<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>This is Aoife\u2019s husband. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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fear c\u00e9ile<\/span><\/strong> (husband, a slightly more formal term).\u00a0 <\/span>Seo \u00e9 fear c\u00e9ile Aoife.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>This is Aoife\u2019s husband.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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d\u00e1ta breithe<\/span><\/strong>: date of birth.\u00a0 <\/span>Cad \u00e9 d\u00e1ta breithe do mh\u00e1thar?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>What is your mother\u2019s date of birth?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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clann<\/span><\/strong> (one\u2019s own children, clan, sept, offspring, descendants):\u00a0 <\/span>Is iad Clanna Mhic Ruair\u00ed iad<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>They are the McRorys. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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treibh<\/span><\/strong> (tribe, clan, people): C\u00e9rbh iad treibheanna na Gaillimhe?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>Who were the tribes of Galway?\u00a0 <\/span>Seo na sloinnte a bh\u00ed orthu.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>Here are their surnames: \u00c1taoi, de Bl\u00e1ca, B\u00f3idic\u00edn, de Br\u00fan, \u00d3 Dorcha\u00ed, \u00d3 D\u00e9in, Fant (F\u00f3nt), Frinse, Seoigh, \u00d3 Ciarubh\u00e1in, \u00d3 Loingsigh, \u00d3 M\u00e1irt\u00edn, \u00d3 Muiris, Scir\u00e9id.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Did you recognize the tribal names of Galway?\u00a0 <\/span>Here they are in English, but guess what, the order is scrambled \u2013 just for a little more d\u00fashl\u00e1n<\/strong> (challenge): Bodkin, Joyce, ffont (de Fuente), D\u2019Arcy, Skerrett, Lynch, Martin, Blake, Morris, Athy, Deane, Browne, ffrench, Kirwan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leideanna fuaimnithe<\/span><\/strong> (pronunciations tips):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

d\u00fashl\u00e1n<\/span><\/strong> [DOO-hlawn, the \u201cs\u201d is completely silent]: challenge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

craobh <\/span><\/strong>[kreev]: this word usually means \u201cbranch\u201d (not \u201ctree\u201d)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

do chraobh<\/span><\/strong> [duh khreev; after the word \u201cdo<\/strong>\u201d (your), craobh<\/strong> changes to chraobh<\/strong>] your tree<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ginealach<\/span><\/strong> [GIN-yal-ukh, that\u2019s \u201cgin\u201d as in \u201cbegin,\u201d not as in \u201cgin and tonic\u201d]: genealogy, pedigree<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ghinealaigh<\/span><\/strong> [YIN-yal-ee]: of genealogy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

craobh ghinealaigh<\/span><\/strong> [kreev YIN-yal-ee] family tree, lit. tree of genealogy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuilleadh t\u00e9arma\u00ed ginealeola\u00edochta, le do thoil!<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>More genealogy terms, please!\u00a0 <\/span>If that\u2019s do mhian<\/strong> (your wish), just let me know in the \u201ccomments\u201d box.\u00a0 <\/span>Those of you reading this in your email may have to go to Transparent\u2019s website to get to the \u201ccomments\u201d box.\u00a0 <\/span>You can just cut and paste that request, or be more specific, if you like (like \u201cHow do I say \u2018the wife of my great-great-great-great-grandfather?\u201d).\u00a0 <\/span>Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill<\/strong> (goodbye for now).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you working ar do chraobh ghinealaigh (on your family tree)?\u00a0 Are you interested i nginealeola\u00edocht (in genealogy)?\u00a0 If so, these terms could be useful.\u00a0 They are shown as vocabulary items and with sample phrases or questions.\u00a0 \u00a0 ainm (name): C\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 ort?\u00a0 What\u2019s your name?\u00a0 \u00a0 sloinne (surname): C\u00e9n sloinne at\u00e1 ort?\u00a0 What\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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