{"id":5117,"date":"2014-03-28T20:25:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T20:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2014-11-21T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T17:50:38","slug":"uair-ar-son-an-domhain-earth-hour-29-marta-2014-o-830-i-n-go-930-i-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/uair-ar-son-an-domhain-earth-hour-29-marta-2014-o-830-i-n-go-930-i-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Uair ar son an Domhain (Earth Hour): 29 M\u00e1rta 2014 \u00f3 8:30 i.n. go 9:30 i.n."},"content":{"rendered":"

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

One of the newer phrases to be “i mb\u00e9al an phobail<\/b>” is “Uair ar son an Domhain<\/b>” (Earth Hour).<\/p>\n

Tosa\u00edodh \u00e9 san Astr\u00e1il sa bhliain 2007 le hoc\u00e1id “<\/b>lights-out” (“soilse m\u00fachta,” is d\u00f3cha) i Sydney<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Anois ceili\u00fartar “Uair ar son an Domhain” i thart f\u00e1 7000 \u00e1it ar fud an domhain. <\/b><\/p>\n

I mbliana ceili\u00farfar “Uair ar son an Domhain” ar an 29\u00fa l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed an Mh\u00e1rta idir 8:30 i.n. agus 9:30 i.n.\u00a0 \u00a0Is cuma c\u00e9n t-amchrios ina bhfuil t\u00fa.\u00a0 An t-am sin i d’amchrios f\u00e9in at\u00e1 i gceist.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 roinnt daoine ar son an choincheapa seo, “Uair ar son an Domhain.”\u00a0 Agus t\u00e1 daoine eile ina aghaidh.\u00a0 Ach p\u00e9 ar bith bar\u00fail at\u00e1 agat faoin gcoincheap, is fi\u00fa breathn\u00fa ar na focail sa t\u00e9arma.<\/b><\/p>\n

1) “Uair<\/b>” is a pretty basic vocabulary word in Irish, usually learned quite early on.\u00a0 \u00a0First let’s look at the basics, then a few phrases:<\/p>\n

an uair<\/b>, the hour<\/p>\n

uaire<\/b>, of an hour<\/p>\n

na huaire<\/b>, of the hour<\/p>\n

uaireanta<\/b>, hours OR adverbially, “sometimes”<\/p>\n

na huaireanta<\/b>, the hours<\/p>\n

na n-uaireanta<\/b>, of the hours<\/p>\n

There’s also a special plural form that looks like the “tuiseal ginideach uatha<\/b>” form: uaire<\/b>.\u00a0 This is used after numerals, and generally takes an “h” or an “n” prefix, depending on the number (3-6 get “h;” 7-10 get “n-“):<\/p>\n

tr\u00ed huaire, ceithre huaire, c\u00faig huaire, s\u00e9 huaire<\/b> (with the “h” prefix)<\/p>\n

seacht n-uaire, ocht n-uaire, naoi n-uaire, deich n-uaire<\/b> (with the “n-” prefix, indicating “ur\u00fa<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Note that this word can also mean “time,” but in a more general \u00a0sense\u00a0 than “an t-am<\/b>” (as in “C\u00e9n t-am \u00e9<\/b>?”).<\/p>\n

Here are some phrases:<\/p>\n

den ch\u00e9ad uair<\/b>, for the first time<\/p>\n

ar feadh uaire<\/b>, for an hour, lit. for (the) length (of) an hour<\/p>\n

an uair seo den bhliain<\/b>, this time of (the) year<\/p>\n

uair sa bhliain<\/b>, once a year, lit. once “in the” year<\/p>\n

uaireanta scoile<\/b>, school-hours<\/p>\n

C\u00e1 huair<\/b>? (another h-prefix) OR C\u00e9n uair<\/b>?<\/p>\n

Related Irish words include “uairead\u00f3ir<\/b>” (a watch) and “uaireola\u00edocht<\/b>” (horology), but not “horoscope,” which is “tuisme\u00e1<\/b>.”<\/p>\n

2) ar son<\/b>: this is a “compound preposition” (a 2-word phrase serving as one preposition) and is one of many ways in Irish to say “for” (some others include: le haghaidh, i leith, i bhfabhar, thar cheann, in amhlachas, mar, do, <\/b>and \u00a0amhail<\/b> — definitely \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/b>!)<\/p>\n

The two words creating this phrase are “ar<\/b>” (on) + “son<\/b>” (a noun meaning “sake,” “behalf,” or “account,” but usually limited to this or similar phrases).\u00a0 “Son<\/b>” on its own, with its extended meanings, like happiness” and “prosperity” isn’t very widely used in everyday spoken Irish, i mo thaith\u00ed f\u00e9in, ar a laghad<\/b>.\u00a0 More typical words for “happiness” include “sonas<\/b>” (from the same root) and “gliondar<\/b>.”\u00a0 And for “prosperity,” we more typically have “rath<\/b>” (not “r\u00e1th<\/b>,” which is a “earthwork ring-fort,” often anglicized as “rath,” without the “fada<\/b>“) and “s\u00e9an<\/b>” (not “Se\u00e1n<\/b>,” the man’s name, although we could wish Se\u00e1n s\u00e9an<\/b>!) \u00a0But once again, that could lead us down the garden path of synonyms and near synonyms.<\/p>\n

“Ar son<\/b>” itself usually shows up in phrases like:<\/p>\n

ar son na bp\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/b>, for the sake of the children<\/p>\n

ar son na ndaoine<\/b>, on behalf of the people<\/p>\n

Note the ur\u00fa<\/b> (eclipsis) after “na<\/strong>” before plural nouns in the above phrases.<\/p>\n

ar son na s\u00edoch\u00e1na,<\/b> for the sake of (the) peace<\/p>\n

ar son an fhir sin,<\/b> on behalf of that man<\/p>\n

ar son na mn\u00e1 sin,<\/b> for the sake of that woman<\/p>\n

In the above examples, note that the use of the “tuiseal ginideach<\/b>” (“na s\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/b>” for “an ts\u00edoch\u00e1in;” “an fhir” <\/b>for “an fear;” <\/b>and “na mn\u00e1” <\/b>for “an bhean”<\/b>)<\/p>\n

As “account,” the word “son<\/b>” usually implies “because of,” as in:<\/p>\n

Is fi\u00fa <\/b>Toy Story<\/i> a fheice\u00e1il ar son na r\u00edomhbheochana at\u00e1 ann<\/b>, It’s worth seeing Toy Story<\/em> on account of the computer animation that is in it.<\/p>\n

3) And finally, we have the word “domhan<\/b>” (earth, world), showing up here in the “tuiseal ginideach<\/b>” as “domhain<\/b>.” \u00a0\u00a0Here are some of the forms of “domhan<\/b>,” with representative examples:<\/p>\n

an domhan<\/b>, the world, the earth; An Domhan Thoir<\/b>, The Eastern World<\/p>\n

an domhain<\/b>, of the world, of the earth; acmhainn\u00ed<\/b> an domhain<\/b>, the resources of the world. \u00a0NB: “Acmhainn<\/strong>” can either be a collective noun meaning “resources” or it can be pluralized, as “acmhainni<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

na domhain<\/b>, the worlds, and if we can postulate a context for it, “the earths” — b’fh\u00e9idir i bhficsean eola\u00edochta<\/b>?<\/p>\n

na ndomhan<\/b> [nuh NOH-wun], of the worlds (or “of the earths,” if the context warrants such a transalation); Cogadh na nDomhan<\/b>. \u00a0An dtuigeann t\u00fa an fr\u00e1sa?\u00a0 Muna dtuigeann, t\u00e1 an t-aistri\u00fach\u00e1n th\u00edos. <\/b><\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/b>, that brings us to the end of our basic phrase for today, “Earth Hour.” It’s interesting to note that the Irish translation adds the words “ar son<\/b>,” meaning “for the sake of,” so “Uair ar son an Domhain<\/strong>” is literally “An Hour for the sake of the Earth.”<\/p>\n

Beidh s\u00e9 suimi\u00fail a bheith ag breathn\u00fa ar na sp\u00e9artha o\u00edche am\u00e1rch le feice\u00e1il an bhfuil siad an-dorcha ar fad, mar gheall ar na soilse m\u00fachta. – SGF, R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/b><\/p>\n

Aistri\u00fach\u00e1n: Cogadh na nDomhan<\/b>, The War of the Worlds (le<\/strong> H. G. Wells)<\/p>\n

Tuilleadh eolais<\/b>: http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) One of the newer phrases to be “i mb\u00e9al an phobail” is “Uair ar son an Domhain” (Earth Hour). Tosa\u00edodh \u00e9 san Astr\u00e1il sa bhliain 2007 le hoc\u00e1id “lights-out” (“soilse m\u00fachta,” is d\u00f3cha) i Sydney. Anois ceili\u00fartar “Uair ar son an Domhain” i thart f\u00e1 7000 \u00e1it ar fud an domhain. I mbliana…<\/p>\n

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