{"id":5366,"date":"2014-06-18T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5366"},"modified":"2014-06-22T01:54:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T01:54:59","slug":"cupan-no-corn-when-speaking-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cupan-no-corn-when-speaking-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cup\u00e1n n\u00f3 Corn? (when speaking of “The World”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Imreoir sacair (peilead\u00f3ir)<\/p><\/div>\n

Corn an Domhain<\/strong>.\u00a0 The World Cup.\u00a0 A good reminder never to assume that the closest basic Irish equivalent is the one you want for a translation.<\/p>\n

In Irish, “cup\u00e1n<\/strong>” is used for a cup to drink from, and can give us phrases like:<\/p>\n

cup\u00e1n tae<\/strong><\/p>\n

cup\u00e1n caife<\/strong><\/p>\n

cup\u00e1n c\u00f3c\u00f3<\/strong><\/p>\n

A little less applicable to modern life is “cup\u00e1n cuinneoige<\/strong>,” which is the perforated cap of a churn-dash (cuinneog<\/strong>, with “cuinneoige<\/strong>” for “of a churn-dash”).<\/p>\n

But “cup\u00e1n<\/strong>” is not used for sports events.\u00a0 In most cases, “corn<\/strong>” (lit. horn) is used.\u00a0 “Corn<\/strong>” can also be used in various combinations related to horns, such as “corn na bhfu\u00edoll<\/strong>” or “corn na fl\u00fairse<\/strong>” (cornucopia), corn \u00f3il<\/strong> (a drinking horn), and of course, the various musical instruments (corn Sasanach, alpchorn, corn Francach<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

In Irish, in a phrase like “World Cup,” the word “corn<\/strong>” will come first, then the word describing the type of event.\u00a0 So World Cup is “Corn an Domhain<\/strong>” (lit. the cup of the world).<\/p>\n

You might have noticed the slight change from the basic word “domhan<\/strong>” (world) to “domhain<\/strong>,” with the inserted letter “-i-” marking the genitive case.\u00a0 There is a slight difference in pronunciation:<\/p>\n

domhan<\/strong> [DOH-won]<\/p>\n

domhain<\/strong> [DOH-win], with the “n” almost as if you’re getting ready to\u00a0 say the “ny” of “canyon” or the middle “n” of “onion” or “bunion.”<\/p>\n

These lead us to a lookalike word to watch out for, “domhain<\/strong>,” which has two main meanings:<\/p>\n

domhain<\/strong> {DOH-win], a noun meaning “depth,” with “doimhne<\/strong>” [DIV-nuh] for its genitive case<\/p>\n

domhain<\/strong>, an adjective, meaning “deep,” with “doimhne<\/strong>” for its plural form<\/p>\n

At any rate, back to the sports cups, “Corn an Domhain<\/strong>,” like “World Cup” itself, is interesting in that it presumes that the sport is “soccer” (in the U.S.), “sacar<\/strong>” in Irish, and “football” or its equivalent (futebol, fussboll, p\u00eal-droed, pediludium, Mpira wa Miguu<\/em>, etc.) in the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a quick look at some other major sporting events.\u00a0 You’ll notice the actual sport is named in all of the examples below:<\/p>\n

Corn Cruic\u00e9id an Domhain<\/strong>, the Cricket World Cup<\/p>\n

Corn Haca an Domhain<\/strong>, the Hockey World Cup<\/p>\n

An Corn Domhanda Rugba\u00ed,<\/strong> the Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n

Corn an Domhain sa Lead\u00f3g Bhoird<\/strong>, the Table-Tennis World Cup<\/p>\n

Corn Gailf an Domhain<\/strong>, the Golf World Cup<\/p>\n

Notice that there are several different structures involved in these examples:<\/p>\n

1) corn + ainm an sp\u00f3irt sa tuiseal ginideach + “an domhain”: Corn Cruic\u00e9id an Domhain<\/strong>, lit. Cup (of) Cricket of the World and Corn Gailf an Domhain<\/strong>, lit. Cup (of) Golf of the World<\/p>\n

2) with the preposition “sa<\/strong>” (in the): corn + an domhain + sa + ainm an sp\u00f3irt: Corn an Domhain sa Lead\u00f3g Bhoird<\/strong>, lit. Cup of the World in “the” Table-Tennis.\u00a0 The Irish original does mean “in the table-tennis,” but standard English would not put “the” in such a phrase.\u00a0 So I put it in quotation marks here.<\/p>\n

3) with the adjective “domhanda<\/strong>” (world-wide, global, terrestrial): an corn + domhanda \u00a0+ ainm an sp\u00f3irt: An Corn Domhanda Rugba\u00ed<\/strong>, lit. the world-wide cup (of) rugby<\/p>\n

As for the physical trophy itself, that is usually just “tr\u00f3fa\u00ed<\/strong>” (Tr\u00f3fa\u00ed Haca na h\u00c9ireann<\/strong>, etc.), but sometimes “corn<\/strong>” is used (Corn na gCuradh<\/strong>, the Champions Trophy), and in some contexts, comhramh<\/strong> [KOH-ruv], meaning “trophy” or “triumph,” applies.<\/p>\n

Well, whichever team you’re rooting for, bain sult as a bheith ag breathn\u00fa ar na cluich\u00ed. SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Corn an Domhain.\u00a0 The World Cup.\u00a0 A good reminder never to assume that the closest basic Irish equivalent is the one you want for a translation. In Irish, “cup\u00e1n” is used for a cup to drink from, and can give us phrases like: cup\u00e1n tae cup\u00e1n caife cup\u00e1n c\u00f3c\u00f3 A little less applicable…<\/p>\n

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