{"id":471,"date":"2010-10-24T17:47:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=471"},"modified":"2016-02-09T07:06:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:06:52","slug":"%e2%80%9cis-la-eile-e-an-la-amarach%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%a6-agus-la-an-oirthear-more-on-%e2%80%9cafter%e2%80%9d-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/%e2%80%9cis-la-eile-e-an-la-amarach%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%a6-agus-la-an-oirthear-more-on-%e2%80%9cafter%e2%80%9d-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Is L\u00e1 Eile \u00c9 An L\u00e1 Am\u00e1rach’ \u2026 agus ‘L\u00e1 an Oirthear’ (More on ‘After’ in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Sula mbeidh t\u00e9ama Samhna againn, beidh beag\u00e1in\u00edn eile sa bhlag faoin bhfocal <\/strong>\u201cafter.\u201d \u00a0Is \u00ed ceist Sheanch\u00e1in an cheist a spreag an tsraith seo agus mar sin freagr\u00f3idh m\u00e9 a cheistsean sula dtos\u00f3idh m\u00e9 na blaganna faoi O\u00edche Shamhna agus faoin tSamhain.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Before we have the Halloween theme (which is champing at the bit), we\u2019ll have a little more in the blog about the word \u201cafter.\u201d\u00a0 Seanch\u00e1n\u2019s question inspired this series and so I\u2019ll answer that before I start the Halloween blogs.<\/p>\n

C\u00e9ard \u00ed an cheist sin<\/strong>? \u201cHow does \u201can\u00f3irthear<\/strong>\u201d compare with \u201car\u00fa am\u00e1rach<\/strong>\u201d? a scr\u00edobh s\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Primarily can\u00faint<\/strong> (dialect), I\u2019d say.\u00a0 I mostly use and have heard \u201car\u00fa am\u00e1rach<\/strong>\u201d or \u201car\u00fa am\u00e1ireach<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 The difference in pronunciation \u00a0(am\u00e1rach vs. am\u00e1ireach<\/strong>) there is a matter of the broad \u201cr\u201d\u00a0(as in N\u00f3ra<\/strong>) vs. the slender \u201cr\u201d (as in M\u00e1ire<\/strong>) but basically they\u2019re the same phrase.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn\u00f3irthear<\/strong>\u201d shows up in many forms, sometimes with \u201c\u00f3\u201d (long “o”) and sometimes with \u201co\u201d (short “o”):<\/p>\n

um an oirthear<\/strong> (lit. at\/on\/about the front part)<\/p>\n

in oirthear<\/strong> (lit. in the front part)<\/p>\n

l\u00e1 an oirthear<\/strong><\/p>\n

an\u00f3irthir<\/strong>, a variation from Omeath, Co. Louth (\u00d3 M\u00e9ith, Contae L\u00fa<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

amanathar<\/strong> [uh-MAHN-uh-hur, stress on second syllable and silent \u201ct,\u201d as one would expect]; this is primarily a Munster variation (Cork, Kerry, etc.)<\/p>\n

amanarthar<\/strong>, a variation of \u201camanathar<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Mar a d\u00fairt Scarl\u00f3id\u00edn N\u00ed Eadhra, \u201cIs l\u00e1 eile \u00e9 an l\u00e1 am\u00e1rach.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 By extension then, let\u2019s see … \u201cIs l\u00e1 eile \u00e9 l\u00e1 an oirthear<\/strong>.\u201d \u00a0If what\u2019s true for the \u201cg\u00e9<\/strong>\u201d is true for the \u201cgandal<\/strong>,\u201d then what\u2019s true for the day is true for the day after tomorrow, that is to say, they could both be defined as \u201cl\u00e1 eile<\/strong>\u201d (another day).\u00a0 A bit athluaiteach<\/strong>, but, as the Saturday Night Live Church Lady would have said if s\/he had known Irish, \u201cNach bhfuil s\u00e9 sin speisialta?<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta\u00ed: athluaiteach<\/strong>, tautological; d\u00fairt, <\/strong>said; gandal, <\/strong>gander; g\u00e9, <\/strong>goose; \u00d3 hEadhra<\/strong>, O\u2019Hara; -sean <\/strong>[shun], a contrastive suffix which pairs up with the possessive adjective in the 3rd<\/sup> person singular masculine form, cf. a chuidsean, a th\u00edrsean<\/strong>, etc.; speisialta,<\/strong> special<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Sula mbeidh t\u00e9ama Samhna againn, beidh beag\u00e1in\u00edn eile sa bhlag faoin bhfocal \u201cafter.\u201d \u00a0Is \u00ed ceist Sheanch\u00e1in an cheist a spreag an tsraith seo agus mar sin freagr\u00f3idh m\u00e9 a cheistsean sula dtos\u00f3idh m\u00e9 na blaganna faoi O\u00edche Shamhna agus faoin tSamhain.\u00a0 Before we have the Halloween theme (which is champing at the…<\/p>\n

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