{"id":5693,"date":"2014-09-23T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2014-10-02T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:19:54","slug":"looking-at-the-aon-in-aontaithe-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/looking-at-the-aon-in-aontaithe-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at the ‘aon’ in ‘aontaithe’ (united)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Well, the Scottish Referendum has come and gone and I find myself wondering what will happen sa todhcha\u00ed <\/strong>(in the future).<\/p>\n

But meanwhile, it might be useful to look at the Irish word for “united,” since it shows up in many other phrases and terms, aside from “An R\u00edocht Aontaithe<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

“Aontaithe<\/strong>” is based on the number “aon<\/strong>” (one).\u00a0 This seemingly short and easy word in Irish does have a few interesting features, such as:<\/p>\n

1) becoming “a haon<\/strong>” when telling time, reading off numbers, etc. (the so-called “independent” number usage): a haon a chlog<\/strong>, or, for New York’s area code 212: a d\u00f3, a haon, a d\u00f3<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) also meaning “any” in certain phrases: aon duine<\/strong> (aka “\u00e9inne<\/strong>“), any person; aon rud<\/strong>, anything; to say “one person” or “one thing,” we use a different form of the number one: duine amh\u00e1in, rud amh\u00e1in<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) similar to point 2, being replaced by “amh\u00e1in<\/strong>,” in general, for actually counting things: bus amh\u00e1in<\/strong>, one bus (but “Bus a hAon<\/strong>” is “Bus No. 1)<\/p>\n

Related words are:<\/p>\n

aontas<\/strong>, union<\/p>\n

aont\u00fa<\/strong>, to agree or agreeing (An aonta\u00edonn t\u00fa leis sin?,<\/strong> etc.)<\/p>\n

aontacht<\/strong>, unity, oneness<\/p>\n

Aontachta\u00ed<\/strong>, a Unionist<\/p>\n

Here are some samples of the word “aontaithe<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

Na St\u00e1it Aontaithe<\/strong>, the United States<\/p>\n

St\u00e1it Aontaithe Mheirice\u00e1<\/strong>, the United States of America; note that the word “na<\/strong>” (“the,” plural) is now dropped because we’ve added “Mheirice\u00e1<\/strong>–and the full<\/em> explanation will have to be \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong><\/p>\n

sna St\u00e1it<\/strong>, in the States (usually implies in the United States, at least if capitalized); note the use of “sna<\/strong>,” not “sa<\/strong>” or “na<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe<\/strong>, in the United States<\/p>\n

Uachtar\u00e1n na St\u00e1t Aontaithe<\/strong>, the President of the United States; note the change from “st\u00e1it<\/strong>” to “st\u00e1t<\/strong>” because we’re using “an tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>;” full explanation, again, \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uachtar\u00e1n St\u00e1it Aontaithe Mheirice\u00e1<\/strong>, the President of the United States of America<\/p>\n

Here are a few more uses of “aontaithe<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

St\u00e1it Aontaithe Mheicsiceo<\/strong>, although the more casual usage would be to just say “Meicsiceo<\/strong>,” just like we often simply say “Meirice\u00e1<\/strong>,” not “St\u00e1it Aontaithe Mheirice\u00e1<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

na N\u00e1isi\u00fain Aontaithe<\/strong>, the United Nations.\u00a0 Note that here we keep the “na<\/strong>” (“the,” plural) because we’re not saying “the United Nations” of [something], just “the United Nations”<\/p>\n

There are many subsidiary organizations to “na N\u00e1isi\u00fain Aontaithe<\/strong>,” such as this one, abbreviated “C\u00c9INAL<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

Ciste \u00c9igeand\u00e1la Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta na N\u00e1isi\u00fan Aontaithe do Leana\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

An dtuigeann t\u00fa \u00e9?\u00a0 Freagra th\u00edos!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

You might have noticed that “n\u00e1isi\u00fain<\/strong>” has changed to “n\u00e1isi\u00fan<\/strong>” in this phrase.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because it’s genitive plural, i.e. we’re saying, literally: international fund (of) emergency (of) the United Nations for children<\/p>\n

And one more phrase with “aontaithe<\/strong>,” for now,<\/p>\n

Poblacht Aontaithe na Tans\u00e1ine<\/strong>, the United Republic of Tanzania; again, frequently referred to in its shorter form, “an Tans\u00e1in<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

By the way, regarding the word ‘future,’ as mentioned in the first paragraph of this blog, note that there at least two main words for this in Irish:<\/p>\n

todhcha\u00ed<\/strong> [TOW-khee], ‘future’ as a noun, in my experience mostly encountered in the phrase “sa todhcha\u00ed<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

f\u00e1ist\u00edneach<\/strong> [FAWSH-tcheen-yukh], ‘future’ as an adjective, for phrases like “an aimsir fh\u00e1ist\u00edneach’<\/strong> [un AM-shirzh AWSH-tcheen-yukh], the future tense, when referring to verbs<\/p>\n

And then there’s ‘futures’ in the business sense, todhcha\u00edochta\u00ed <\/strong>(singular: todhcha\u00edocht<\/strong>), but I can’t say that was ever much a part of any gn\u00e1thchomhr\u00e1ite<\/strong> I ever had sa Ghaeltacht<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

For that matter, there’s also ‘ci\u00fab-thodhcha\u00edochas<\/strong>,’ a term which makes perfect sense, but which, again, I haven’t encountered much, even in English, except perhaps in an exhibition catalog.\u00a0 Which is a clue, since this term pertains to eala\u00edn<\/strong> (art).\u00a0 It means “cubo-futurism.”\u00a0 Defining “cubo-futurism” as such, though, I’ll leave to eala\u00edont\u00f3ir\u00ed ar bith ar an liosta seo<\/strong>, if they’d like to volunteer their opinions.<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin \u00e9 don bhlag seo.\u00a0 An ch\u00e9ad Reifreann eile?\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra: Ciste \u00c9igeand\u00e1la Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta na N\u00e1isi\u00fan Aontaithe do Leana\u00ed<\/strong>: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Well, the Scottish Referendum has come and gone and I find myself wondering what will happen sa todhcha\u00ed (in the future). But meanwhile, it might be useful to look at the Irish word for “united,” since it shows up in many other phrases and terms, aside from “An R\u00edocht Aontaithe.” “Aontaithe” is based…<\/p>\n

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