{"id":5106,"date":"2014-03-26T19:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T19:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5106"},"modified":"2018-02-27T00:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:25:28","slug":"cen-seasur-which-season-geimhreadh-earrach-samhradh-fomhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cen-seasur-which-season-geimhreadh-earrach-samhradh-fomhar\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9n S\u00e9as\u00far? (Which Season?): Geimhreadh, Earrach, Samhradh, F\u00f3mhar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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na ceithre sh\u00e9as\u00far<\/p><\/div>\n

Since we’ve just finished going over the Irish word for “spring” (as a season), I thought it would be fun practice to try some fill-in-the-blanks with the different seasons.\u00a0 Here’s a quick review before we start.<\/p>\n

geimhreadh<\/b> [Gy<\/sup>EV-ruh, OR, GEE-ruh, OR, Gy<\/sup>EV-roo, with the “mh” pronounced like a “v” and the “d” silent], winter (an geimhreadh, srl.<\/b>)<\/p>\n

earrach<\/b> [AR-ukh], spring [an t-earrach, srl.<\/b>)<\/p>\n

samhradh<\/b> [SOW-ruh, with “sow” as in “now” or cow,” not like “to sow seeds” OR, i nGaeilge Uladh<\/b>, SOW-roo], summer (an samhradh, srl<\/b>.) NB: the “m” and the “d” are silent<\/p>\n

f\u00f3mhar<\/b> [FOH-wur, with the “m” silent], fall\/autumn\/harvest (an f\u00f3mhar, srl<\/b>.)<\/p>\n

Each of these will take a different ending for “an tuiseal ginideach<\/b>.”\u00a0 The singular forms are shown here (ginideach uatha<\/b>):<\/p>\n

geimhridh<\/b> [GyEV-ree], of winter<\/p>\n

earraigh<\/b> [AR-ee], of spring<\/p>\n

samhraidh<\/b> [SOW-ree], of summer<\/p>\n

f\u00f3mhair<\/b> [FOH-wirzh<\/sup>], of winter<\/p>\n

But remember, in Irish, we don’t just have to keep track of word endings, but we may also have some ICMs to keep in mind.\u00a0 And by “ICM” here, I don’t mean “Integrated Crop Management” or “Ice-Cream Man,” or any of the hundreds of other meanings “ICM” (i mB\u00e9arla<\/b>) can have as an “inisealachas<\/b>.”\u00a0 Instead, like many other people (especially t\u00e9acs\u00e1laithe<\/b>) I’m jumping on “bannavaig\u00edn na n-inisealachas<\/b>,” since it is quicker and easier to say “I-C-M” than “initial consonant mutation.”\u00a0 What’s a typical ICM?\u00a0 One quick example is when “geimhreadh<\/b>” becomes “ngeimhreadh<\/b>” [ngYEV-ruh] or “gheimhreadh<\/b>” [YEV-ruh].<\/p>\n

So here are some sample phrases and sentences.\u00a0 Can you fill in “na bearna\u00ed<\/b>“?\u00a0 Freagra\u00ed th\u00edos<\/b>.<\/p>\n

1. brad\u00e1n<\/b> _________________<\/b> (spring)<\/p>\n

2. Thugamar f\u00e9in an _____________ linn<\/b>.\u00a0 (summer)<\/p>\n

3. codladh ___________________<\/b> (winter)<\/p>\n

4. san __________________<\/b> (autumn\/fall)<\/p>\n

5. Bh\u00ed m\u00e9 l\u00e1 bre\u00e1 __________ i mo sheasamh ar an mhargadh<\/b> (summer)<\/p>\n

6. B\u00edonn b\u00e9ir (math\u00fana) ag geimhri\u00fa sa _____________ ach b\u00edonn r\u00edomhair\u00ed ag geimhri\u00fa i s\u00e9as\u00far ar bith, am ar bith nach bhfuil siad “ag oibri\u00fa” n\u00f3 “ina gcodladh.”<\/b> (winter)<\/p>\n

7. De r\u00e9ir cos\u00falachta n\u00edl an focal “________” n\u00e1 an focal “sic\u00edn” sa fhr\u00e1sa Gaeilge a chialla\u00edonn<\/b> “spring chicken” go meafarach ach is f\u00e9idir rud \u00e9igin mar “Is fada na fiacla curtha ag an duine sin” a r\u00e1 chun caint fh\u00edortha a \u00fas\u00e1id<\/b>.\u00a0 (spring)<\/p>\n

8. N\u00edorbh \u00e9 l\u00e1 __________<\/b> \u00a0“Hurley” (Hugo Reyes) \u00e9 nuair a fuair s\u00e9 an tic\u00e9ad buaite sa chrannchur i<\/b> LOST<\/em> (an cl\u00e1r teilif\u00edse de chuid<\/b> ABC). (fall\/autumn)<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin d\u00fashl\u00e1in\u00edn<\/b> [DOO-HLAWN-een].\u00a0 T\u00e1 s\u00fail agam gur bhain sibh sult as. — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/b><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a01. brad\u00e1n earraigh<\/i><\/b>, spring salmon<\/p>\n

2. Thugamar f\u00e9in an samhradh <\/i>linn<\/b> (a song title; no endings or mutations needed for this answer)<\/p>\n

3. codladh geimhridh<\/i><\/b>, hibernation<\/p>\n

4. san fh\u00f3mhar<\/i><\/b>, in the autumn\/fall; could also be “sa bhf\u00f3mhar<\/i><\/b>” but that’s less standard these days<\/p>\n

5. Bh\u00ed m\u00e9 l\u00e1 bre\u00e1 samhraidh<\/i> i mo sheasamh ar an mhargadh<\/b> (a line from the song, “A St\u00f3r, A St\u00f3r, A Ghr\u00e1,” ar f\u00e1il ag su\u00edomh<\/b> KeepMusicPagan, http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=74DCX3V21Hk, i measc \u00e1iteanna eile<\/b>)<\/p>\n

6. B\u00edonn b\u00e9ir (math\u00fana) ag geimhri\u00fa sa gheimhreadh<\/i> ach b\u00edonn r\u00edomhair\u00ed ag geimhri\u00fa i s\u00e9as\u00far ar bith, am ar bith nach bhfuil siad “ag oibri\u00fa” n\u00f3 “ina gcodladh,”<\/b> \u00a0Bears hibernate in the winter but computers hibernate in any season, any time they are not working or asleep.\u00a0 \u00a0Is f\u00e9idir “sa ngeimhreadh” a r\u00e1 freisin.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

7. De r\u00e9ir cos\u00falachta n\u00edl an focal “earrach (earraigh)<\/i>” n\u00e1 an focal “sic\u00edn” sa fhr\u00e1sa Gaeilge a chialla\u00edonn <\/b>“spring chicken” go meafarach ach is f\u00e9idir rud \u00e9igin mar “Is fada na fiacla curtha ag an duine sin” ” a r\u00e1 chun caint fh\u00edortha a \u00fas\u00e1id<\/b> (i.e. He’s a little long in the teeth). \u00a0\u00a0We could use either “earrach<\/b>” or “earraigh<\/b>” here, i mo bhar\u00fail f\u00e9in<\/b>.\u00a0 “Earrach<\/b>” would be the basic, root form of the word, a logical choice for discussing the phrase in the abstract.\u00a0 But we could also accept “earraigh<\/b>,” since that’s the form we’d use for “spring” as an adjective<\/i> (as in the example above, “brad\u00e1n earraigh<\/b>“).<\/p>\n

If you really wanted to say “spring chicken,” the word “earrach<\/b>” would be sa tuiseal ginideach<\/b> (“earraigh<\/b>“). But, to use the existing Irish vocabulary, wouldn’t a “spring chicken” essentially be “eireog<\/b>” or “puil\u00e9ad<\/b>“?<\/p>\n

8. N\u00edorbh \u00e9 l\u00e1 f\u00f3mhair<\/i><\/b> “Hurley” (Hugo Reyes) \u00e9 nuair a fuair s\u00e9 an tic\u00e9ad buaite sa chrannchur i<\/b> LOST<\/i> (an cl\u00e1r teilif\u00edse de chuid<\/b> ABC), It wasn’t the “lucky day” of “Hurley” (Hugo Reyes) when he got the winning ticket in the lottery in LOST<\/i>, (ABC’s television program). \u00a0\u00a0Ach murar tharla aon rud eile as, stad Hurley de bheith ag obair ag “An tUasal \u00d3 Gl\u00f3garsa\u00ed” (an bhialann sic\u00edn) mar gheall ar an tic\u00e9ad sin.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

C\u00e9n f\u00e1th “f\u00f3mhair” in ionad “\u00e1idh” n\u00f3 “l\u00e1 \u00e1dh\u00fail”?\u00a0 <\/b>Just a traditional idiom, building on the idea of the “harvest” being a time of gathering, gleaning, acquiring things, or, as it were, winning or being lucky.\u00a0 Maybe like saying one’s ship has come in.<\/p>\n

Normally, of course, we think of winning a lottery as lucky, but as LOST<\/em> fans will recall, in Hurley’s case, it seemed to trigger a stream of bad luck.<\/p>\n

Gluais\u00edn: bannavaig\u00edn<\/b>, bandwagon (as far as I can tell, I’ve just coined the Irish version of this word since I see no sign of it, as such, in Irish); inisealachas<\/b>, initialism (as opposed to an “acrainm<\/b>“), mar gheall ar<\/b>, because of; murar<\/b>, if not (when used with past tense verbs, otherwise it’s “mura<\/b>” or “muna<\/b>“); stad<\/b>, stopped; uatha<\/b>, singular (in grammar)<\/p>\n

As for “An tUasal \u00d3 Gl\u00f3garsa\u00ed<\/b>,” that’s my unabashed, but hopefully fun, translation of “Mr. Cluck.” Perhaps it’s all the more off-beat when we consider that the “cearca<\/b>” do the “gl\u00f3garsach<\/b>” (clucking) while if we hear the “coiligh<\/b>” (the “Misters” of the species, as it were), they are “ag scairteadh<\/b>” or “ag glaoch<\/b>” or “ag gairm<\/b>,” not “ag gl\u00f3garsach<\/b>.”\u00a0 At any rate, the males don’t “cluck.”\u00a0 So why “Mr.<\/i> Cluck” in LOST<\/i>? Beyond my (chic)ken! \u00a0Couldn’t resist that leathimirteas focal<\/strong>. \u00a0 Maybe analogous to “Mr. Softee”?<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, why are so many more restaurants named after men or male characters, at least in the chains and franchises?\u00a0 Hmm, there’s Burger King, Long John Silver, Popeye, Wimpy, Big Boy, and Starbuck (Ahab’s first mate, did he ever have a first name? or was “Starbuck” actually a “sloinne<\/strong>” at all?), and in real life, Bob Evans and Arthur Treacher, to name a few.\u00a0 Even the tie-in characters are mostly male, like Ronald McDonald, the erstwhile “Hamburglar,” Piggly-Wiggly’s Mr. Pig (OK, siopa, n\u00ed bialann \u00e9<\/b>, but the same basic issue), and the “Colonel,” etc . \u00a0And then, in stark contrast, there’s Wendy’s, perhaps the main (or sole?) female contender in the field.\u00a0 Oddly, Starbuck’s name refers to a man but the logo depicts a woman. \u00c1, bhuel, go leor den chaint leataobh, go dt\u00ed blag \u00e9igin eile, ar a laghad<\/b>.<\/p>\n

nasc don phicti\u00far:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.clker.com\/clipart-15544.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Since we’ve just finished going over the Irish word for “spring” (as a season), I thought it would be fun practice to try some fill-in-the-blanks with the different seasons.\u00a0 Here’s a quick review before we start. geimhreadh [GyEV-ruh, OR, GEE-ruh, OR, GyEV-roo, with the “mh” pronounced like a “v” and the “d” silent]…<\/p>\n

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