{"id":4766,"date":"2013-12-29T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2014-01-02T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T12:37:11","slug":"coisir-chinn-bhliana-cad-a-bheadh-ann-re-new-years-eve-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/coisir-chinn-bhliana-cad-a-bheadh-ann-re-new-years-eve-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3isir Chinn Bhliana — Cad a Bheadh Ann? (re: New Year’s Eve parties)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Seo s\u00e9as\u00far na gc\u00f3isir\u00ed agus ‘chuile sheans go mbeidh t\u00fa ag freastal ar Ch\u00f3isir Chinn Bhliana.<\/p>\n

So first let’s take a look at the Irish for some of the typical trappings of\u00a0 New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day party.\u00a0 Hitch is, we’ve got eleven items in the list below, but only ten of them are typically associated with the New Year.\u00a0 Can you figure out which one is “an ceann corr<\/b>” (the odd man out, lit. the odd one)?<\/p>\n

seaimp\u00e9in<\/b><\/p>\n

tinte eala\u00edne<\/b><\/p>\n

hors d’oeuvres (go d\u00edreach mar at\u00e1 s\u00e9 sa bhFraincis) <\/b><\/p>\n

casadh <\/b>“Auld Lang Syne” l\u00e1mh le l\u00e1mh\u00a0 <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

coinfit\u00ed<\/b><\/p>\n

p\u00f3ga<\/b><\/p>\n

Coin\u00edn na C\u00e1sca<\/b><\/p>\n

an tAm (mar “athair”)<\/b><\/p>\n

puins<\/b><\/p>\n

f\u00edonchaora (m\u00e1 t\u00e1 t\u00fa sa Sp\u00e1inn, i Meicsiceo, n\u00f3 ina l\u00e1n t\u00edortha i Meirice\u00e1 Theas<\/b><\/p>\n

coirn ch\u00f3isire<\/b><\/p>\n

C\u00fapla n\u00f3ta faoi na focail sin: <\/b><\/p>\n

tinte eala\u00edne<\/b>, fireworks, lit. fires of art; as in English, this is usually plural, except as sung by Katy Perry (GRMA, a Dheas\u00fain C., as an tagairt)<\/p>\n

casadh<\/b> [KAHSS-uh, silent “d”] has the following meanings, among others: twist, sing, play a musical instrument<\/p>\n

f\u00edonchaora<\/b>, grapes, referring to the custom of eating 12 grapes, one by one, during the last seconds of the old year.<\/p>\n

coirn ch\u00f3isire<\/b>, party horns, which you may know other names in English (blow-out, squeaker, fizoo, or simply, noisemaker (the latter of which can include various other types, including percussive noisemakers).\u00a0 I did have to improvise a bit here, since I can’t find a listing for “party horns” in any Irish dictionary, hard copy or online.\u00a0 In the singular, it would be “corn c\u00f3isire<\/b>,” with the lenition disappearing since the phrase no longer has the “slender” (“-irn”) ending which triggers the change (as does “fir” with “fir mh\u00f3ra” and “b\u00e1id” with “b\u00e1id bheaga”).<\/p>\n

As for “squeaker,” well, there is “p\u00edopaire<\/b>” (not “p\u00edopaire,<\/b>” a piper)\u00a0usually used for a chick or a child, but I suppose it could apply here.\u00a0 As I’ve been doing my homework for this blog, the grueling task of looking over party favor sites (in English, since I can’t find any in Irish), I see there are also “squawkers” that are sold as noisemakers for parties.\u00a0 I doubt it’s the original intention of the word, but I think we could safely use “gr\u00e1gaire<\/b>” for that one, as long as the context was clear.\u00a0 “Gr\u00e1gaire” usually means a “cawer,” “croaker,” or “raucous-voiced person,” based on “gr\u00e1g” (caw, croak, squawk, raucous cry, etc.)<\/p>\n

As for “fizoo,” well, we could model it on “cas\u00fa<\/b>” (kazoo), but I think I’ll leave that one to the reader’s imagination.\u00a0 Not everything needs to be translated as such (as, for example, “hors d’oeuvres” being used in Irish as well as French).\u00a0 Needless to say, I don’t think there’s an existing Irish word for it.\u00a0 And, in fact, I haven’t found an etymology for it in English, though I wonder, perhaps, balancing precariously out on a limb, if it could be related to Italian “fischietto<\/i>” (fead\u00f3g<\/b>).\u00a0 Perhaps with a couple of generations of Americanization layered on and an analogy to “kazoo,” to boot.<\/p>\n

Or we could go the full Italian route and directly translate “lingua di Menelik,” (Menelik’s tongue), which is probably the most imaginative of all of these terms.\u00a0 “Teanga Menelik” a bheadh ann i nGaeilge, n\u00f3 “teanga Mhenelik” m\u00e1s fearr leat an s\u00e9imhi\u00fa a chur ann.<\/p>\n

C\u00e9rbh \u00e9 Menelik a deir t\u00fa?\u00a0 Mac Sholaimh agus Makeda, Banr\u00edon Sheab\u00e1 (r\u00edocht \u00e1rsa in Aet\u00f3ip an lae inniu.<\/p>\n

Hmmm, did I write this entire blog in order to be able to talk about Irish words for party favors?\u00a0 Bhuel, not really.\u00a0 But before wrapping up, beag\u00e1n gramada\u00ed, for the “take-away.”<\/p>\n

“C\u00f3isir<\/b>” is a feminine noun, so it has the following forms:<\/p>\n

an ch\u00f3isir<\/b>, the party, banquet, social gathering, etc.<\/p>\n

na c\u00f3isire<\/b>, of the party, etc., as in “t\u00fas na c\u00f3isire,” the beginning of the party<\/p>\n

na c\u00f3isir\u00ed<\/b>, the parties<\/p>\n

na gc\u00f3isir\u00ed<\/b>, of the parties, as in “costas na gc\u00f3isir\u00ed,” the cost of the parties<\/p>\n

Bain sult as c\u00f3isir\u00ed an ts\u00e9as\u00fair!\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/b><\/p>\n

P.S.: An freagra, ar nd\u00f3igh, Coin\u00edn na C\u00e1sca<\/b> (the Easter Bunny).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Seo s\u00e9as\u00far na gc\u00f3isir\u00ed agus ‘chuile sheans go mbeidh t\u00fa ag freastal ar Ch\u00f3isir Chinn Bhliana. So first let’s take a look at the Irish for some of the typical trappings of\u00a0 New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day party.\u00a0 Hitch is, we’ve got eleven items in the list below, but only ten…<\/p>\n

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