{"id":5221,"date":"2014-04-30T18:38:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2015-10-01T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T16:20:03","slug":"leinte-t-leinte-agus-t-leinte-snaidhmruaimnithe-and-a-few-other-types-of-shirts-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/leinte-t-leinte-agus-t-leinte-snaidhmruaimnithe-and-a-few-other-types-of-shirts-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9inte, T-L\u00e9inte agus T-L\u00e9inte Snaidhmruaimnithe (and a few other types of shirts as well)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Seo<\/a>

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You may have seen the recent notice for Transparent Language’s t-shirt store,<\/a> which includes the popular slogan “Keep Calm and Learn Irish.”<\/p>\n

Ever wonder how the word “t-shirt” evolved in English, and, even more to the point, how to say “t-shirt” in Irish?\u00a0 Fiosrach?\u00a0 L\u00e9igh leat!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, an B\u00e9arla<\/strong>, since the shirt’s origins are generally considered American.\u00a0 The design is over 100 years old now.\u00a0 The version closest to today’s tees was originally issued by the U.S. Navy as an “undershirt” (l\u00e9ine chnis<\/strong>, lit. skin\/body-shirt, i.e. shirt worn next to the skin or body, from l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, shirt, and cneas<\/strong>, skin, body).\u00a0 The first models were white (b\u00e1n<\/strong>), cotton (cad\u00e1s<\/strong>, with “cad\u00e1is<\/strong>” for “of cotton”), and crew-neck (muine\u00e1l cri\u00fa<\/strong>); they were sometimes known as “gob shirts.” \u00a0The popular name “t-shirt” comes from the shirt’s shape and the word started appearing in English dictionaries in the 1920s.<\/p>\n

There are some possible predecessors (r\u00e9amhtheachtaithe<\/strong>) but they don’t sound exactly like today’s cotton t-shirts (t-l\u00e9inte cad\u00e1is an lae inniu<\/strong>).\u00a0 One concerns the British Royal Navy in the 1850s, with sailors quickly sewing sleeves (muinchill\u00ed<\/strong>) onto their woolen sleeveless undershirts when Queen Victoria (An Bhanr\u00edon Victoria<\/strong>) surprised them with a visit. \u00a0The newly attached sleeves meant that she wouldn’t have to see the men’s hairy armpits (ascaill\u00ed fionnaitheacha na bhfear<\/strong>).\u00a0 Even if this account is true, the shirts were apparently made of wool (d\u00e9anta d’olann<\/strong>), not cotton (cad\u00e1s<\/strong>). \u00a0Another contender is from Kentucky, with the Union Underwear Company separating the traditional wool one-piece “union suit” into separate shirts and bottoms.\u00a0 Some sources say this also was in the 1850s, but others say that this company wasn’t established until 1926.\u00a0 So I’d take both explanations with a grain\/pinch of salt (gr\u00e1inn\u00edn salainn<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

In the 1930s, the University of Southern California football team issued similar shirts to be worn under the players’ uniforms (faoi \u00e9id\u00ed na n-imreoir\u00ed<\/strong>) to prevent chafing (scr\u00edobadh<\/strong>). \u00a0The rest, we can safely say, is “stair<\/strong>” (history).<\/p>\n

And here’s a little t-shirt history quiz, i nGaeilge, ar nd\u00f3igh (freagra\u00ed th\u00edos):<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Cad \u00e9 an scann\u00e1n is m\u00f3 inar thaispe\u00e1in <\/strong>Marlon Brando a “mhaighn\u00e9adas ainmh\u00ed” agus t-l\u00e9ine bh\u00e1n \u00e1 caitheamh aige? (Leid: scann\u00e1n \u00f3 na 1950\u00ed at\u00e1 i gceist–n\u00ed h\u00e9 “An tAthair Baist\u00ed” \u00e9).<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) C\u00e9n<\/strong> luach at\u00e1 ar an t-l\u00e9ine nua is daoire ar domhan (luach ar \u00a026 Meitheamh 2013)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Ar \u00e1bhar na scann\u00e1n, c\u00e9 h\u00e9 an t-aisteoir Meirice\u00e1nach eile \u00f3na 1950\u00ed a raibh cuma ch\u00fal\u00e1ilte air agus t-l\u00e9ine \u00e1 caitheamh aige?<\/strong><\/p>\n

4) C\u00e9n ruaim a d’\u00fas\u00e1id a l\u00e1n daoine, go m\u00f3r m\u00f3r “hipithe,” chun t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe a dh\u00e9anamh ag deireadh na 1960\u00ed agus tr\u00edd na 1970\u00ed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now for “t-shirt” terminology i nGaeilge<\/strong>, starting with the basic word for “shirt,” which also means “tunic.”\u00a0 “L\u00e9ine<\/strong>” can refer to the knee-length tunic worn by the “seanGhaeil<\/strong>,” but mostly today it is understood as a standard-length shirt.\u00a0 Today, “tuineach<\/strong>” is usually used for “tunic.” \u00a0Here are “shirt” and “shirts”:<\/p>\n

l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, a shirt<\/p>\n

an l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, the shirt<\/p>\n

na l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, of the shirt; dath na l\u00e9ine<\/strong><\/p>\n

And for the plural:<\/p>\n

l\u00e9inte<\/strong>, shirts<\/p>\n

na l\u00e9inte, <\/strong>the shirts, with the same form for “of the shirts”; dathanna<\/strong> na l\u00e9inte<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the word “t-shirt,” the earliest I see it in Irish dictionaries (based on a quick check of online and hard copy sources) is the 1980s, not too surprising, I suppose.\u00a0 If anyone finds an earlier reference (tagairt<\/strong>) to “t-l\u00e9inte<\/strong>,” either as a vocabulary word or in a literary context, or better yet, an Irish-language clothing catalog, I’m sure our readers would be interested.\u00a0 The earliest tagairt<\/strong>\u00a0I find to the word is from 1981 in Bunt\u00fas Focl\u00f3ra<\/em><\/strong>: A Children’s Irish Picture Dictionary<\/em>, which has “Breis agus 1000 focal agus picti\u00fair ildaite<\/strong>” and is a great colorful resource for Irish learners, young and old.\u00a0 Use of the word “t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong>” may have been kickstarted here because the layout of the book is a template filled in for many languages. \u00a0Including “t-shirt” was probably a foregone conclusion for the English version of the dictionary, and other languages followed, umm, suit.<\/p>\n

I’m sure I’ve also heard “l\u00e9ine-T<\/strong>” from time to time, but I don’t see it listed as such in any Irish dictionaries or glossaries.<\/p>\n

Here are the forms for “t-shirt” in Irish:<\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, t-shirt<\/p>\n

an t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, the t-shirt; an t-l\u00e9ine shnaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong> (the tie-dyed t-shirt)<\/p>\n

na t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, of the t-shirt; praghas na t-l\u00e9ine snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong> (the price of the tie-dyed t-shirt)<\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9inte<\/strong>, t-shirts; t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong> (tie-dyed t-shirts)<\/p>\n

na t-l\u00e9inte<\/strong>, the t-shirts; na t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong> (the tie-dyed t-shirts)<\/p>\n

na t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong>, of the tie-dyed t-shirts; praghasanna na t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe <\/strong>(the prices of the tie-dyed t-shirts)<\/p>\n

\"t-l\u00e9ine<\/a>

t-l\u00e9ine shnaidhmruaimnithe<\/p><\/div>\n

In case you’re wondering about the rather consonant-laden word “snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong>” (love that -dhmr” combo!), it actually breaks down quite nicely:<\/p>\n

snaidhm<\/strong> [rhymes with English “time” or “team,” depending on dialect], a knot; this word is the basis for the place name “Sneem” in Co. Kerry (“An tSnaidhm<\/strong>” i nGaeilge<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

ruaim<\/strong> [ROO-im], a dye, originally and sometimes still, specifically a red dye<\/p>\n

ruaimni\u00fa<\/strong>, dyeing, to dye, originally and sometimes still, “to dye red.” \u00a0We can add a suffix (-the<\/strong>) to the root of this word to create the adjective form: ruaimnithe <\/strong>(dyed; sometimes, but not usually, in my experience, “dyed red”). \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voil\u00e0!\u00a0 We have “snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong>” [SNAIM-ROO-im-nih-huh, with the “ai” as in the IPA designation \/ai\/ as in English “time” or “slime”].\u00a0 Only two consonants are actually silent, the “d” and the “t.”<\/p>\n

And one last change that will kick in after feminine singular nouns like “t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

shnaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong> [HNAIM-ROO-im-nih-huh]<\/p>\n

The initial “s” has changed to “sh” and the pronunciation changes accordingly.<\/p>\n

So, in conclusion, we have:<\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong><\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9ine shnaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong><\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9inte snaidhmruaimnithe<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, of course, there are simpler ways to describe t-l\u00e9inte<\/strong>, such as:<\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9ine bh\u00e1n; t-l\u00e9inte b\u00e1na<\/strong><\/p>\n

t-l\u00e9ine mh\u00f3r; t-l\u00e9inte m\u00f3ra<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the English shorthand “tees,” when referring to “t-shirts,” I don’t really see any equivalent in Irish.\u00a0 I suppose if you wanted to, you could say “t-anna<\/strong>,” but that would normally be interpreted as referring to the letter “t” itself, as in “T\u00e1 a l\u00e1n t-anna i sloinne Andy Pettitte, caiteoir na Yankees<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

And finally, a few other non-T shirt phrases (pertaining to shirts in general) :<\/p>\n

b\u00f3na l\u00e9ine<\/strong>, a shirt collar (as opposed to “coil\u00e9ar<\/strong>,” for dogs)<\/p>\n

l\u00e9ine Aifrinn<\/strong>, a surplice, lit, a Mass shirt\/tunic<\/p>\n

l\u00e9ine mh\u00e1illeach<\/strong>, a mail shirt<\/p>\n

l\u00e9ine r\u00f3in<\/strong>, a hair-shirt or cilice, worn for atonement or repentance (from “r\u00f3n<\/strong>,” horsehair, not “r\u00f3n<\/strong>,” a seal)<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin \u00e9 don bhlag seo. \u00a0Aisteoir\u00ed cl\u00faiteacha, caiteoir cl\u00faiteach, t-l\u00e9inte, an focal “t-l\u00e9ine” \u00e9 f\u00e9in, agus c\u00fapla d\u00f3igh le cur s\u00edos ar t-l\u00e9inte agus an focal deas fada “snaidhmruaimnithe” ina measc<\/strong>.\u00a0 And whatever kind of t-l\u00e9ine<\/strong> you may sport, “Trog gezunterhait<\/em>,” mar a deir siad sa Ghi\u00fadais<\/strong>, and\u00a0for which a close Irish equivalent would be “Go maire t\u00fa \u00e9<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Puzzled by that?\u00a0 F\u00e9ach an n\u00f3ta th\u00edos.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed <\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Tram Darb Ainm “C\u00edocras”<\/em>, 1951 <\/strong>(le<\/strong> Tennessee Williams)<\/p>\n

2) SAM $400,000 (t\u00e1 naoi ndiamant ar an t-l\u00e9ine seo)<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) <\/strong>James Dean sa scann\u00e1n Reibili\u00fanach gan Ch\u00fais <\/em><\/strong>(1955)<\/p>\n

4) RIT, i Meirice\u00e1, ar a laghad<\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta faoi “Go maire t\u00fa \u00e9”<\/strong>\u00a0 This is translated as “Well may you wear it” in Bunt\u00fas Cainte<\/em><\/strong> and elsewhere, but literally it means “May you live (to wear) it.”\u00a0 A pleasant sentiment but also a reminder of our “mortla\u00edocht<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Naisc do na picti\u00fair:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/transparentlanguage<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:TieDyeShirtMpegMan.jpg<\/a>; A tie dyed shirt. Photo by MpegMan. ({{GFDL}})\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Webliography:<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2011\/03\/17\/a-brief-and-incomplete-timeline-of-t-shirt-history\/#!KqOVW<\/a> (17 M\u00e1rta 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.founditemclothing.com\/itgoesto11\/most-expensive-t-shirt-in-the-world-priced-at-400000\/<\/a> (26 Meitheamh 2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.uticacustomtshirt.com\/History_of_the_T-Shirt.html<\/a> (gan d\u00e1ta)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) You may have seen the recent notice for Transparent Language’s t-shirt store, which includes the popular slogan “Keep Calm and Learn Irish.” Ever wonder how the word “t-shirt” evolved in English, and, even more to the point, how to say “t-shirt” in Irish?\u00a0 Fiosrach?\u00a0 L\u00e9igh leat! First, an B\u00e9arla, since the shirt’s origins…<\/p>\n

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