{"id":6381,"date":"2015-02-21T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T18:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2015-07-09T16:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:06:42","slug":"an-bhfuil-gaeilge-ar-an-bhfocal-bombogenesis-is-there-an-irish-word-for-bombogenesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-bhfuil-gaeilge-ar-an-bhfocal-bombogenesis-is-there-an-irish-word-for-bombogenesis\/","title":{"rendered":"An bhfuil Gaeilge ar an bhfocal ‘bombogenesis’? (Is there an Irish word for ‘bombogenesis’?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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T\u00e1 mo charr, \u00e1, \u00e1, \u00e1 faoin tsneachta. Bhuel, n\u00ed mo charr f\u00e9in at\u00e1 i gceist, bu\u00edochas le Dia (public domain: By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA (Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>As we read about the unusually cold winter weather this year (le deich n-orla\u00ed sneachta in Iar\u00fasail\u00e9im, fi\u00fa<\/strong>), one word that really caught my attention was “bombogenesis.” And any time a relatively new English word catches my eye, I always wonder about the Irish equivalent.<\/p>\n

So I’ve checked the usual channels for ‘bombogenesis” in Irish but with no results.\u00a0 However, that doesn’t mean we can’t explore the possibilities, looking at the root words involved, “bomb” and “genesis,”<\/p>\n

And a little background is always interesting.\u00a0 Calling certain weather storms “bombs” apparently began in the 1940s and 50s (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Explosive_cyclogenesis). The late professor Frederick Sanders of MIT contributed further to the vocabulary by using such terms as “explosive cyclogenesis” and “meteorological bombs” in publications in the 1970s and 80s.<\/p>\n

Technically, “bombogenesis” refers to a rapidly developing storm in which the “c\u00f3ras lagbhr\u00fa<\/strong>” (low pressure system) drops “ceithre mhilleabar is fiche<\/strong>” (24 millibars) in “ceithre huaire is fiche<\/strong>” (24 hours).\u00a0 Milleabar an uair, suimi\u00fail<\/strong> (although the rate might not be that regular).<\/p>\n

As for any further “mionruda\u00ed meit\u00e9areola\u00edocha<\/strong>,” I’ll leave that to the “meit\u00e9areolaithe<\/strong>” on the list, if they care to add “n\u00edos m\u00f3 tr\u00e1chtaireachta<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

So now, we’ll just look at the word “bombogenesis” itself, and its relation, if any, to “Genesis” as in “The Book of Genesis.”\u00a0 By default, that probably tells you that “-genesis” as a scientific suffix and “Genesis,” as such, are not exactly the same in Irish.<\/p>\n

a) The “bomb” part is straightforward enough:<\/p>\n

an buama<\/strong>, the bomb<\/p>\n

an bhuama<\/strong>, of the bomb<\/p>\n

na buama\u00ed<\/strong>, the bombs<\/p>\n

na mbuama\u00ed<\/strong>, of the bombs<\/p>\n

Not that we’ll really need all those forms for today’s purpose, but we may as well be complete.<\/p>\n

b) “-genesis” as a suffix<\/p>\n

-ghineas<\/strong> (after most consonants): aibithghineas<\/strong><\/p>\n

-gineas<\/strong> (after most vowels): antrapaigineas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although I’ve yet to find “bombogenesis” or “cyclogenesis” in Irish, there are many scientific terms with this suffix, such as:<\/p>\n

biogenesis, bithghineas<\/strong><\/p>\n

oogenesis, \u00faigineas<\/strong>, and<\/p>\n

orogenesis (orogeny), oraigineas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In fact the only scientific term I’ve found so far that doesn’t use “-ghineas<\/strong>” for this context is “diagenesis,” which apparently is “carraig-ghini\u00faint<\/strong>,” slightly more like saying “rock-generation.”\u00a0 If that’s really any different from “rock-genesis.”\u00a0 Food for thought, but for l\u00e1 \u00e9igin eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So presumably “bombogenesis” in Irish would be “*buamaigineas<\/strong>.”\u00a0 I’ve Googled and Yahoo’d it but so far these search engines yield no hits.\u00a0 Maybe na hamais<\/strong> are waiting in the wings, until someone decides to comment on the intensity of the recent storms in Irish.<\/p>\n

c) “-genesis” vs.”Genesis,” as in “Book of”<\/p>\n

A third aspect of this question, when approaching any translation issue, is how does the new term relate to other major vocabulary for the concept.\u00a0 In Irish, “The Book of Genesis” is “Leabhar Geineasas<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The word “geineasas<\/strong>” is longer by one syllable and spelled slightly differently from the suffix “-g(h)ineas<\/strong>,” although they’re clearly related.\u00a0 As to exactly why, that’s probably a matter for na diagair\u00ed, na heolaithe<\/strong>, and na teangeolaithe<\/strong>, but for our purposes, it’s sufficient to say that “Geineasas<\/strong>,” as such, isn’t used to create these scientific compound-words.<\/p>\n

Next up, I guess I’ll have to look into why we have both “cuilith\u00ed<\/strong>” and “guairne\u00e1in<\/strong>” when discussing … hmm, can you name it?\u00a0 And which word do we use for the “polach<\/strong>” and “impholach<\/strong>” types, as opposed to the types which are “ceangailte<\/strong>” or “tosaithe<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Or the “cr\u00fa capaill<\/strong>,” type, which should be a nice segue back into some rural Ireland, pastoral life topic.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Check out the “gluais<\/strong>” below and stay tuned for more.\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: amas<\/strong>, hit (in Internet searching, etc.); *buamaigineas<\/strong>, bombogenesis (asterisked here because as far as I can tell, I’ve coined it); ceangailte<\/strong>, bound; cr\u00fa chapaill<\/strong>, horseshoe; impholach<\/strong>, circumpolar; polach<\/strong>, polar; tosaithe<\/strong>, usually “(having been) begun, started” but here “(having been) cast off”<\/p>\n

Champing at the bit for “cuilith\u00ed<\/strong>” and “guairne\u00e1in<\/strong>“?\u00a0 OK, they mean “vortices.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) As we read about the unusually cold winter weather this year (le deich n-orla\u00ed sneachta in Iar\u00fasail\u00e9im, fi\u00fa), one word that really caught my attention was “bombogenesis.” And any time a relatively new English word catches my eye, I always wonder about the Irish equivalent. So I’ve checked the usual channels for ‘bombogenesis”…<\/p>\n

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