(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/b><\/p>\n
F\u00f3s ag smaoineamh ar cheist na seachtaine, cad \u00e9 an difear idir na bianna seo: <\/b><\/p>\n
tortha\u00ed <\/b>[TOR-hee], plural of “toradh<\/strong>” (fruit)<\/p>\n glasra\u00ed <\/b>[GLAHSS-ree], plural of “glasra<\/strong>” (vegetable)<\/p>\n cn\u00f3nna<\/b> [KNOH-nuh, unlike English “know” and “knight,” the “kn” here really is pronounced “kn,” as in “Knut” or the middle part of “acne”], plural of “cn\u00f3<\/strong>” (nut)<\/p>\n glasra\u00ed pischine\u00e1lacha<\/b> [… PISH-Hy<\/sup>IN-yawl-ukh-uh], plural of “glasra pischine\u00e1lach<\/strong>” (“leguminous vegetable,” even more literally “pea-type vegetable”)<\/p>\n l\u00e9ag\u00faim<\/b>, plural of “l\u00e9ag\u00fam<\/strong>” (legume), which also gives us another, and quite straightforward, adjective for “leguminous,” namely “l\u00e9ag\u00famach<\/strong>”<\/p>\n And getting back to the key points regarding each of these foods, at least from the viewpoint of a neamhluibheola\u00ed<\/b> (also that of a non-pomologist, non-fruiticulturist, and non-olericulturist):<\/p>\n tortha\u00ed<\/b>: most of the key points, for our purposes, were discussed in the previous blog (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/siolta-ubhoirini-agus-tiubair-a-thiarcais-yet-another-oh-my-meme-this-time-on-a-biaphlanda-theme-pt-1\/<\/a>), including s\u00edolta, ubh\u00f3ir\u00edn\u00ed, ubhag\u00e1in, bia la\u00edonach, <\/b>and la\u00edon m\u00e9ith<\/b>.<\/p>\n glasra\u00ed<\/b>: while this can include plants whose “fruit” or “seeds” are eaten as foods, I’ll concentrate keywords that distinguish vegetables from fruits, in, as previously mentioned “gn\u00e1thchaint<\/b>” (in ordinary speech), in other words, where different parts of the planda<\/b> are eaten as bia<\/b>, such as the following:<\/p>\n ti\u00fabar<\/b> (plural: ti\u00fabair<\/strong>) tuber<\/p>\n bleib<\/b> (plural: bleibeanna<\/strong>) bulb (in botany, as opposed to a “bolg\u00e1n<\/b>,” which is bulb for electric lights and which can also mean, conveniently enough, the air-bladder of a fish)<\/p>\n bleib\u00edn<\/b> (plural: bleib\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>), small bulb or “bulbil,” again, in botany<\/p>\n gas<\/b> [gahss, not like English “gas”] (plural: gais<\/strong> [gahsh] OR gasa<\/strong>) stem, stalk, not to be confused with “g\u00e1s<\/b>” [gawss], which is the Irish word for “gas” (hidrigin, ocsaigin, srl.<\/b>) and which shows up in phrases like “Bord G\u00e1is<\/b>” (“gas board”) and \u00a0Bord G\u00e1is Energy Theatre (http:\/\/bordgaisenergytheatre.ie\/<\/a>), a major entertainment venue in Ireland.\u00a0 How major?\u00a0 The current season includes West Side Story<\/i>, RENT<\/i>, The Nutcracker<\/i>, Handel’s Messiah<\/i>, and Wicked<\/i>.\u00a0 It seats over 2000 people.\u00a0 A small stem or peduncle can be called a “gais\u00edn<\/b>,” or more typically these days a “gas\u00e1n<\/b>“, although there’s another word for peduncle, the quite straightforward “bl\u00e1thchos<\/b>” [blaw-khuss], which literally means “flower-leg.”<\/p>\n duilleog<\/b> (plural: duilleoga), leaf.\u00a0 Please note, though, that for books and worksheets, etc., it’s “bileog<\/b>” and “page” itself is “leathanach<\/b>.”\u00a0 “Bileog<\/b>” can also be used for flowers, as can “duill\u00edn<\/b>” (small leaf).\u00a0 The “leaf” of a door is “comhla<\/b>.” \u00a0And the abstract “new leaf” that one might “turn over,” say when “an Athbhliain<\/b>” rolls around (aimsir na ndea-r\u00fan<\/b>) is not a “leaf” at all in Irish–the closest Irish equivalents to “turning over a new leaf” simply use more abstract nouns like “olc<\/b>” (wickedness) and “saol<\/b>” (life).<\/p>\n And I think the above gives us our second sub-meme for this series: “Bleib\u00edn\u00ed, Duill\u00edn\u00ed is Gais\u00edn\u00ed … a Thiarcais<\/b>!”<\/p>\n bl\u00e1th<\/b> [blaw, silent “t”](plural: bl\u00e1thanna [BLAW-huh-nuh, again, silent “t”), flower.\u00a0 Well, hmm, which plants are we actually eating the flower of? And how would that be classified differently from edible flowers as such, like r\u00f3sanna, goirm\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, and sailchuacha<\/strong>?\u00a0 Not to mention the “caisearbh\u00e1n<\/b>” (at least its buds — I’m not sure if the blossom itself is edible). \u00a0For “caisearbh\u00e1in<\/b>,” I could mention the “greens” here also, but then we’d be back to the previous category, duilleoga<\/b>.<\/p>\n In researching this blog, I was actually amazed at the number of edible flowers there are and also at the number of foods I didn’t realize were considered flowers (like fennel, rosemary, and thyme) , looking lists like these (http:\/\/homecooking.about.com\/library\/weekly\/blflowers.htm<\/a> and http:\/\/whatscookingamerica.net\/EdibleFlowers\/EdibleFlowersMain.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\n But I think the only ones I’ve ever eaten are sailchuacha criostalaithe<\/b> and maybe an occasional piotal r\u00f3is<\/b>, the latter as part of bia Indiach, m\u00e1s cuimhin liom i gceart<\/b> .\u00a0 \u00a0And frankly, I be careful with eating any flowers, since while the plant itself may be inite<\/b> (edible), it may have been drenched in pesticides or other chemicals unless it was raised specifically for the table.<\/p>\n And it looks like the l\u00e9ag\u00faim<\/b> and cn\u00f3nna<\/b> will still have to wait for blag amh\u00e1in eile<\/b>.\u00a0 As the nicely alliterative Irish seanfhocal<\/b> says, “Faigheann foighne fortacht<\/b>” (Patience is rewarded, lit. Patience gets comfort \/ aid, etc.).<\/p>\n Of course, the bottom line interesting question here would be the traditional differentiation between fruits and vegetables in Irish spoken in the Gaeltacht.\u00a0 But I don’t have ready resources to answer that question.\u00a0 I would note, however, that several of the food items \u00a0that would come under a “fruit vs. vegetable” discussion would not have been native to Ireland (or Europe in general for that matter), especially tr\u00e1ta\u00ed, pr\u00e1ta\u00ed, agus puimc\u00edn\u00ed<\/b>, so they might not have figured prominently in a folk taxonomy structure.<\/p>\n At any rate, that reference to “puimc\u00edn\u00ed<\/b>” takes us back to our original topic, “s\u00e9as\u00far na bpuimc\u00edn\u00ed<\/b>,” (remember, genitive plural there) in time for O\u00edche Shamhna<\/b> (especially i Meirice\u00e1<\/b>) and still in time for L\u00e1 Altaithe (ar\u00eds i Meirice\u00e1 ar an ocht\u00fa l\u00e1 is fiche de Mh\u00ed na Samhna i mbliana<\/b>, which could also be expressed as “an 28\u00fa l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed na Samhna<\/b>, or simply as “28 M\u00ed na Samhna<\/b>“).\u00a0 But that discussion will have to wait for another blog, perhaps even until I go take a c\u00farsa luibheola\u00edochta<\/b> in a local scoil o\u00edche<\/b>.\u00a0 That’s actually something I’ve always wanted to do, but I remain apprehensive that the c\u00farsa\u00ed bitheola\u00edochta<\/b> that I did in high school would prepare me even for Luibheola\u00edocht 101<\/b>.\u00a0 B’fh\u00e9idir.\u00a0 Feicfimid<\/b>.\u00a0 Then I could do a whole additional series of blogs on the planda\u00ed<\/b> in the Harry Potter books, with more insight than if I tackled that project in the near future.\u00a0 It is on my “liosta to-do (ruda\u00ed le d\u00e9anamh)<\/b>“<\/strong> for l\u00e1 \u00e9igin<\/strong>. SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) F\u00f3s ag smaoineamh ar cheist na seachtaine, cad \u00e9 an difear idir na bianna seo: tortha\u00ed [TOR-hee], plural of “toradh” (fruit) glasra\u00ed [GLAHSS-ree], plural of “glasra” (vegetable) cn\u00f3nna [KNOH-nuh, unlike English “know” and “knight,” the “kn” here really is pronounced “kn,” as in “Knut” or the middle part of “acne”], plural of “cn\u00f3”…<\/p>\n