{"id":5540,"date":"2014-07-25T19:59:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T19:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2014-11-19T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:26:46","slug":"vocabulary-and-pronunciation-guide-for-the-recent-blog-ce-mhead-shades-of-gray-grey-liath-leith-de-grae-srl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/vocabulary-and-pronunciation-guide-for-the-recent-blog-ce-mhead-shades-of-gray-grey-liath-leith-de-grae-srl\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary and Pronunciation Guide for the Recent Blog: C\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad “Shades of Gray” (Grey … Liath … L\u00e9ith … de Grae, srl.)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the last blog, we zoomed (z\u00fam\u00e1il muid!)<\/strong> through a fair amount of vocabulary to take some steps towards translating the general phrase “shades of gray” and the title of the recent book and upcoming movie, Fifty Shades of Grey.\u00a0 <\/em>So this blog will take a closer look at some of those words and their pronunciation.\u00a0 Specifically, we’ll look at the following: imeartas, sloinne, imir, doimhneacht, liath (l\u00e9ith), dearg (deirg), gorm (goirm), \u00d3 Liath\u00e1in (U\u00ed Liath\u00e1in), Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (Mhic Ghiolla Riabhaigh), <\/strong>and Mac Cathail Riabhaigh (Mhic Chathail Riabhaigh).<\/strong><\/p>\n

imeartas:<\/strong> based on the verb “imi<\/strong>r” (play), but note that the “r” is now broad.\u00a0 “Imir<\/strong>” ends in a slender “r,” a sound I’ve been representing in this blog with “rzh”\u00a0<\/sup>as in “IM-irzh<\/sup>“).\u00a0 This is also the “r” of “\u00c9ire<\/strong>,” “M\u00e1ire<\/strong>,” and “fir<\/strong>” (men).\u00a0 The broad “r” of “imeartas<\/strong>” is “flapped” (like the beginning of a trill), but, admittedly, the trill sound is a little reduced since it’s right next to another consonant (“t”).<\/p>\n

“Imeartas<\/strong>” can mean “playfulness” and “trickery,” as well as “play.”\u00a0 Followed by “focal<\/strong>” (of words), it means “word play” or “pun.”<\/p>\n

sloinne<\/strong>: surname.\u00a0 The “-oi-” in Irish is usually pronounced “ih,” as in “it” or “in,” not like the “oi” of English “oil” or “foil.”\u00a0 So “sloinne<\/strong>” can be represented as “SLIN-yuh.”\u00a0 You may well have seen the plural of this word if you’ve ever delved into Irish genealogy; it’s “sloinnte<\/strong>” (SLIN-tchuh).<\/p>\n

imir<\/strong>: this can either be the verb “play” or a noun meaning “tint,” “shade,” or “tinge.”\u00a0 Either way, it’s pronounced the same: IM-irzh<\/sup>, with the “-rzh<\/sup>” representing the Irish slender “r,” a sound not typically found in English.\u00a0 The Czech “r” in the first name “Ji\u0159\u00ed<\/em>,” as in \u00a0“Ji\u0159\u00ed Trnka,” is about the same, and can be heard at http:\/\/www.forvo.com\/word\/ji%C5%99%C3%AD_trnka\/. \u00a0As for the near vowellessness of the Czech surname “Trnka<\/em>,” I’ll leave that to the Slavic language specialists to explain.\u00a0 Who was Ji\u0159\u00ed Trnka (1912-1969) anyway? \u00a0Puip\u00e9ad\u00f3ir an-chl\u00faiteach agus sti\u00farth\u00f3ir scann\u00e1n ab ea \u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 He was sometimes known as “the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe.”<\/p>\n

doimhneacht<\/strong>: shade, depth, deep place. Pronounced “DIV-ny<\/sup>ukht,” this word is related to “domhain<\/strong>” (“deep” as an adjective, in “poll domhain<\/strong>,” mar shampla<\/strong>) and to “domhain<\/strong>” (as a noun: depth, abyss, inmost part, etc.).\u00a0 Both as a noun and as an adjective, “domhain<\/strong>,” has additional forms that switch to the same slender “-mh” that we see in “doimhneacht<\/strong>.”\u00a0 These include “i ndoimhneacha an tsl\u00e9ibhe<\/strong>” (in the innermost part of the mountain) and “leicne doimhne<\/strong>” (sunken, hollow, or “deep” cheeks).\u00a0 Note the slender pronunciation: i ndoimhneacha<\/strong> [in-IV-ny<\/sup>ukh-uh] and doimhne<\/strong> [DIV-ny<\/sup>uh].<\/p>\n

The last blog referred to several colors besides gray, each with an additional form in the genitive case:<\/p>\n

liath<\/strong> [LEE-uh], gray color; l\u00e9ith<\/strong> [ly<\/sup>ay], of the color gray.<\/p>\n

dearg<\/strong> [DJAR-ug, note that it’s 2 syllables], red color; deirg<\/strong> [DJERzh<\/sup>-ig, also 2 syllables], of red color<\/p>\n

gorm<\/strong> [GOR-um, another 2-syllable word], blue color; goirm<\/strong> [GIRzh<\/sup>-im], of blue color<\/p>\n

Of course, liath, dearg<\/strong>, and gorm<\/strong>, can also be used as adjectives, but that would have to be \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

We saw “liath<\/strong>” in the surname “\u2019\u00d3\u00a0Liath\u00e1in<\/strong>” [oh LEE-uh-haw-in], and its genitive form: U\u00ed Liath\u00e1in<\/strong> (of<\/em> \u00d3 Liath\u00e1in).\u00a0 “U\u00ed<\/strong>” is pronounced “ee” and is routinely used as the genitive case of “\u00d3<\/strong>,” as in “\u00c1ras Mh\u00e1irt\u00edn U\u00ed Chadhain<\/strong>” (from the surname “\u00d3 Cadhain<\/strong>“) and “Corn U\u00ed Dhubhthaigh<\/strong>” (The O’Duffy Cup, for camogie, from the surname “\u00d3 Dubhthaigh<\/strong>,” sometimes now spelled “\u00d3 Dufaigh<\/strong>“).<\/p>\n

And that leaves us with the two of longest surnames in Irish, long because they each are made of three separate words, instead of the more typical two words.<\/p>\n

Mac Giolla Riabhaigh <\/strong>[mahk Gy<\/sup>IL-uh REE-uh-vee] and its genitive case Mhic Ghiolla Riabhaigh <\/strong>[VIK YIL-uh REE-uh-vee]<\/p>\n

Mac Cathail Riabhaigh <\/strong>[mahk KAH-hil REE-uh-vee] and its genitive case Mhic Chathail Riabhaigh <\/strong>[VIK KHAH-hil REE-uh-vee]<\/p>\n

There always seems to be questions about pronunciation where learning Irish is concerned, so I hope this helped as a “blag coimhdeachta<\/strong>” (or maybe I should just say, “comhbhlag<\/strong>“) to the last one (nasc th\u00edos)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sonas na hurlabhra\u00edochta ort!\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nasc don bhlag eile faoi<\/strong> Fifty Shades of Grey <\/em>sa tsraith seo<\/strong>:\u00a0https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ce-mhead-shades-of-gray-grey-liath-leith-de-grae-srl\/ (22 Iuil 2014<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In the last blog, we zoomed (z\u00fam\u00e1il muid!) through a fair amount of vocabulary to take some steps towards translating the general phrase “shades of gray” and the title of the recent book and upcoming movie, Fifty Shades of Grey.\u00a0 So this blog will take a closer look at some of those words…<\/p>\n

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