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<\/a>“Lig Dom ‘St\u00f3ir\u00edn’ a Thabhairt Ort!” “\u00d3, cinnte, agus ‘Cro\u00ed’ agus ‘Cuisle’ agus ‘Cumann’ agus ‘Gr\u00e1’ agus …”<\/p><\/div>\n
(le\u00a0<\/span>R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Irish has many many terms of endearment.\u00a0 It actually also has many pejorative terms for people, ach sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.\u00a0 In this blog, given the season, we’ll look at various ways to say “darling,” “sweetheart,” and “love” in Irish. \u00a0\u00a0Some of these have been covered in previous blogs around this time of year, but they’re always worth another gander.<\/p>\n First let’s look at some of the ones which also have other very basic meanings in Irish aside from the realm of love and affection. \u00a0We’ll see the basic word in Irish and its meaning as a term of endearment.\u00a0 There will be a blank space to fill in the related meaning (freagra\u00ed th\u00edos<\/strong>):<\/p>\n 1) cro\u00ed<\/strong> [kree], dear, etc.; “A chro\u00ed!”<\/strong> [uh khree] (_______________)<\/p>\n 2) cuisle<\/strong> [KWISH-luh], beloved, etc.; “A chuisle!”<\/strong> [uh KHWISH-luh] (________________)<\/p>\n 3) cumann<\/strong>, darling, sweetheart, etc.; “A chumann!”<\/strong>\u00a0(__________________)<\/p>\n 4) r\u00fan<\/strong>, dear, etc.; “A r\u00fan!”<\/strong> \u00a0(_______________)<\/p>\n 5) st\u00f3r<\/strong>, darling, etc. ; “A st\u00f3r!”<\/strong> (_________________).\u00a0 This one is sometimes made diminutive by adding an ending, “st\u00f3ir\u00edn<\/strong>,” which may be seen anglicized as “storeen.”\u00a0 “A st\u00f3r<\/strong>” may show up as “asthore” in English texts.<\/p>\n 6) taisce<\/strong> [TASH-kyuh], dear, etc.; “A thaisce!”<\/strong> [uh HASH-kyuh] (________________)<\/p>\n And then there are some terms of endearment that are primarily just that, terms of endearment or other words relating to love:<\/p>\n 7) ansa<\/strong>, love, loved one, “A ansa!”<\/strong> (This is a variation of “ansacht”<\/strong> and, incidentally, is a chance homonym of “ansa,”<\/strong> an adjective meaning “difficult,” and of \u00a0“ansa,”<\/strong> an astronomy term, the same as the English “ansa,” the most projecting part of planetary rings, such as those of Saturn, based on the Latin “ansa<\/em>,” a “handle” — nothing to do with “love handles,” but it’s a tempting thought!)<\/p>\n 8) gr\u00e1<\/strong>, love; “A ghr\u00e1!”<\/strong><\/p>\n 9) muirn\u00edn<\/strong>, darling, sweetheart, etc. ; “A mhuirn\u00edn!”<\/strong><\/p>\n 10) searc<\/strong>, love; “A shearc!”<\/strong><\/p>\n And then, according to Tadhg Mac Dhonnag\u00e1in’s delightful “Is T\u00fa Mo Chiar\u00f3g,”<\/strong> there are more phrases that can be co-opted for this purpose, but I wouldn’t vouch for them in real life.\u00a0 He sings:<\/p>\n Is t\u00fa mo bheinns\u00edn luachra,<\/strong><\/p>\n Is t\u00fa mo staic\u00edn eorna<\/strong><\/p>\n Is t\u00fa mo mh\u00e1la fata\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n I l\u00e1r an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir<\/strong><\/p>\n Is t\u00fa m\u2019fh\u00f3id\u00edn m\u00f3na<\/strong><\/p>\n Is t\u00fa m\u2019fh\u00f3id\u00edn meara\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n Nach dtuigeann t\u00fa gur t\u00fa mo smugairle r\u00f3in.<\/strong><\/p>\n In sequence, he is comparing his sweetheart to a sheaf of rushes (beinns\u00edn luachra<\/strong>), a stack of barley (staic\u00edn eorna<\/strong>), a sack of potatoes in the middle of the Great Hunger (m\u00e1la fata\u00ed i l\u00e1r an Ghorta Mh\u00f3ir<\/strong>), a sod of turf (f\u00f3id\u00edn m\u00f3na<\/strong>), a “sod of confusion” [sic] (f\u00f3id\u00edn meara\u00ed<\/strong>), and a jellyfish (smugairle r\u00f3in<\/strong>).\u00a0 The latter, even more endearingly, translates literally to “seal snot,” based on “r\u00f3n<\/strong>” (seal).<\/p>\n Nasc don amhr\u00e1n<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.futafata.ie\/ (listed under “dl\u00fathdhiosca\u00ed”<\/strong>)<\/p>\n With all of that, I wonder how Zsa Zsa Gabor would have taken to speaking Irish.\u00a0 Could she have “dahlink-ized” the word “storeen” in some way? \u00a0Ah, well, \u00e1bhar machnaimh<\/strong>.\u00a0 Fad m’eolais n\u00edor cuireadh Gaeilge ar <\/strong>“Green Acres” riamh.<\/strong>\u00a0 but come to think of it, I wonder if whoever dreamed up the character of Arnold the Talking Pig might have been influenced by the “muca<\/strong>” in Caibidil 3<\/strong> of Myles na gCopaleen’s An B\u00e9al Bocht<\/em><\/strong> — the ones that the author tells us fooled an inspector into believing that the household had twelve English-speaking piglets.<\/p>\n Well, whether you use terms of endearment primarily around L\u00e1 Vailint\u00edn<\/strong> or all year around, the above selection should offer a pleasant range of choices.\u00a0 And remember they’re often doubled up, adding to the sentiment (A ghr\u00e1 mo chro\u00ed!\u00a0 A chuisle mo chro\u00ed!, srl.).\u00a0 SGF, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n Freagra\u00ed<\/strong>: 1) cro\u00ed<\/strong>, heart; 2) cuisle<\/strong>, vein, pulse; 3) cumann<\/strong>, company, community, fellowship, love, society, association (as in Cumann L\u00fathchleas Gael<\/strong>, The Gaelic Athletic Association); 4) r\u00fan<\/strong>, mystery, secret; 5) st\u00f3r<\/strong>, stock, provision, storage place; 6) taisce<\/strong>, treasure, hoard, storehouse<\/p>\n Picti\u00far<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/webclipart.about.com\/od\/Valentine_Day\/ss\/Valentine-Clip-Art-2014_2.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Irish has many many terms of endearment.\u00a0 It actually also has many pejorative terms for people, ach sin \u00e1bhar blag eile.\u00a0 In this blog, given the season, we’ll look at various ways to say “darling,” “sweetheart,” and “love” in Irish. \u00a0\u00a0Some of these have been covered in previous blogs around this time of…<\/p>\n