{"id":5668,"date":"2014-09-03T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2015-04-12T18:34:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T18:34:36","slug":"ubh-fhriochta-uibheacha-friochta-or-na-huibhe-friochta-which-egg-term-to-use-when-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ubh-fhriochta-uibheacha-friochta-or-na-huibhe-friochta-which-egg-term-to-use-when-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ubh Fhriochta,’ ‘Uibheacha Friochta,’ or ‘na hUibhe Friochta’? (which egg term to use when, in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Definitely variations on a theme of fried eggs!\u00a0 Not, by the way, the “fried egg” otherwise known as the “sandalled anemone,” which is “bund\u00fan n\u00f3in\u00edn m\u00f3r<\/strong>,” and which is not, afaik, inite<\/strong> (edible).\u00a0 \u00a0Tuilleadh eolais ar an anam\u00f3ine sin sa n\u00f3ta th\u00edos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And, for a second “by the way,” we’ll also look briefly at “a hubh fhriochta<\/strong>” and “na n-uibheacha friochta<\/strong>,” maybe even “Na hUibheacha Friochta<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Note the slight punctuation and capitalization changes — the fleisc\u00edn<\/strong> in “n-uibheacha<\/strong>” and the “hU” combination (lower case, then upper case) if\u00a0 the phrase “Na hUibheacha Friochta<\/strong>” is being used as a title.<\/p>\n

So the key theme for today’s blog is how the phrase “fried eggs” varies according to usage with a sentence in Irish.<\/p>\n

Since “ubh<\/strong>” ([uv], an egg) is a feminine noun, the adjective that describes it gets “lenited.”\u00a0 In this case, that means that the “f” of “friochta<\/strong>” becomes “fh” and<\/em> is silent.\u00a0 The various forms for this phrase, then, are:<\/p>\n

ubh fhriochta<\/strong> [uv RIKH-tuh], a fried egg<\/p>\n

an ubh fhriochta<\/strong>, the fried egg<\/p>\n

The “fh” reverts to normal (just “f”) when we say “of the fried egg”:<\/p>\n

uigeacht na huibhe friochta<\/strong>, the texture of the fried egg<\/p>\n

In theory, at least, simply “uibhe friochta<\/strong>” (without the initial “h”) should have reasonable usage, but in fact, these days when an indefinite<\/em> noun with<\/em> an adjective is in a genitive-case phrase, it often ends up as the original (“common”) form, in this case, ubh fhriochta<\/strong>.\u00a0 So we’d likely have “giota ubh fhriochta<\/strong>” for “a bit of a fried egg.”<\/p>\n

I promised you a prefixed “h,” so let’s also note: a hubh fhriochta<\/strong>, her fried egg.<\/p>\n

And how does this differ from “his fried egg”? \u00a0That would be “a ____fhriochta<\/strong>.” (Freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

With plural possessives, a prefixed “n”: \u00e1r n-ubh fhriochta, bhur n-ubh fhriochta<\/strong>, and a n-ubh fhriochta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, though, if we have to share a fried egg breakfast with someone, we’d actually have more than one egg to go around, which leads us nicely into the plural forms:<\/p>\n

uibheacha friochta<\/strong>, fried eggs<\/p>\n

na huibheacha friochta<\/strong>, the fried eggs (if it’s being capitalized, say for a title, the initial “h” stays lower case: “Na hUibheacha Friochta<\/strong>“)<\/p>\n

patr\u00fan uibheacha friochta<\/strong>, a “fried-egg” pattern (got any better ideas?, hmm, maybe, “bricfeasta uibheacha friochta<\/strong>,” a breakfast of fried eggs, which is, at least, fun to say — try it, out loud)<\/p>\n

costas na n-uibheacha friochta<\/strong>, the cost of the fried eggs (re: capitalization and punctuation, if used as a title, “Costas na nUibheacha Friochta<\/strong>“)<\/p>\n

And finally, assuming more than one fried egg per person:<\/p>\n

\u00e1r n-uibheacha friochta, bhur n-uibheacha friochta, a n-uibheacha friochta <\/strong>(our\/your\/their fried eggs)<\/p>\n

By the way, if you want your eggs “scrofa<\/strong>,” you won’t have to worry about leniting your adjective, since “scr-,” as a consonant cluster never gets lenited!<\/p>\n

And now the discussion of fried eggs in Irish is over.\u00a0 I guess it’s up to you, mar l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed<\/strong>, to decide whether it’s “over easy.”\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong> (who is egging you on to relish the delights of Irish grammar, with different forms marked by \u00a0h-prefixes, lenition, and egglipsis — couldn’t resist)<\/p>\n

Freagra: a ubh fhriochta<\/strong> (no h-prefix, just “ubh”)<\/p>\n

P.S. If you are intrigued by what the “fried egg” appearance of the “sandalled anemone” actually looks like, you might want to check out the image at the aptly named MarLIN (Marine Life Information Network) site: http:\/\/www.marlin.ac.uk\/lzspeciesreview.php?speciesid=2363<\/p>\n

It’s curious, though, as I look at the image, that, imho, the Irish term, bund\u00fan n\u00f3in\u00edn m\u00f3r<\/strong>, seems to fit it better.\u00a0 AFAIK, the Irish phrase translates quite literally to “stump\/fundament of a big daisy.”\u00a0 Not quite sure what the “stump\/fundament” aspect really refers to (bund\u00fan<\/strong> also does mean “tail-end,” and even “a morose person”).\u00a0 The image of the sandalled anemone doesn’t look like the stump (stalk?) or bottom or tail-end of a daisy (tail-end of a daisy? say what?).\u00a0 It looks to me basically like the flowering part of a daisy, yellow center and white petals. There’s one other bund\u00fan<\/strong>\/anemone word: bund\u00fan leice<\/strong>, which is the sea-anemone, and that may ultimately shed some light on the “bund\u00fan<\/strong>” connection, but for now, we’ll have to say, \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Definitely variations on a theme of fried eggs!\u00a0 Not, by the way, the “fried egg” otherwise known as the “sandalled anemone,” which is “bund\u00fan n\u00f3in\u00edn m\u00f3r,” and which is not, afaik, inite (edible).\u00a0 \u00a0Tuilleadh eolais ar an anam\u00f3ine sin sa n\u00f3ta th\u00edos. And, for a second “by the way,” we’ll also look briefly…<\/p>\n

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