{"id":6492,"date":"2015-03-19T19:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2015-10-05T19:23:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T19:23:24","slug":"ag-seinm-uirlisi-ceoil-o-alpchorn-go-xileafon-alpenhorn-to-xylophone-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ag-seinm-uirlisi-ceoil-o-alpchorn-go-xileafon-alpenhorn-to-xylophone-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag seinm uirlis\u00ed ceoil, \u00f3 alpchorn go xileaf\u00f3n (Alpenhorn to Xylophone in Irish, pt. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Uirlis\u00ed ceoil \u00f3n alpchorn go dt\u00ed an xileaf\u00f3n<\/strong>.\u00a0 And, just for good, ermm, measure (“l\u00edne<\/strong>“) here, we’ll nudge them into the “tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>,” so we can say “playing<\/em> the alpenhorn” or “playing<\/em> the xylophone.”\u00a0 And why do we need “an tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>“?\u00a0 And what is it, anyway?<\/p>\n

We saw a bit of it in the last blog, which discussed the shamrocks playing musical instruments in Google’s St. Patrick’s Day “Doodle” for 2015.<\/p>\n

“An tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>” is the genitive-case form of a noun in Irish, typically used for purposes like the following:<\/p>\n

a) to show possession of something (“carr She\u00e1in<\/strong>,” with “She\u00e1in<\/strong>” as opposed to just “Se\u00e1n<\/strong>“)<\/p>\n

b) to further describe another noun (“gloine beorach<\/strong>,” with “beorach<\/strong>” as opposed to “beoir<\/strong>,” or “teach feirme<\/strong>,” with “feirme<\/strong>” as opposed to “feirm<\/strong>“), and,<\/p>\n

c) to indicate that someone is in the process of doing an action (“ag scr\u00edobh na litreach<\/strong>,” with “litreach<\/strong>” as opposed to “litir<\/strong>,” or “ag seinm an ghiot\u00e1ir<\/strong>,” with “ghiot\u00e1ir<\/strong>” as opposed to “giot\u00e1r<\/strong>“)<\/p>\n

That last example will pave the way for the rest of our discussion, playing the alpenhorn and playing the xylophone, and various other instruments in between.<\/p>\n

So shall I go ahead an put them all in the genitive?\u00a0 Or should I leave it up to you?\u00a0 Or maybe half and half.\u00a0 Yeah, 20-some genitive-case fill-in-the-blanks is a lot to do in a row.\u00a0 So I’ll complete every other phrase and leave the rest to be filled in.<\/p>\n

Oh, and don’t forget our old friend lenition, which will apply in about half the examples here.<\/p>\n

So much for the c\u00falra — rollaimis<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

1) alpchorn: T\u00e1 Ruedi ag seinm an alpchoirn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do sheal anois!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) bas\u00fan: T\u00e1 Karen Geoghegan ag seinm an<\/strong> _______________. Hmm, I always love the opportunity to use the surname Geoghegan (Mac Eochag\u00e1in <\/strong>OR N\u00ed Eochag\u00e1in<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>, in Irish) — the anglicized spelling used to mystify me.<\/p>\n

3) consairt\u00edn: T\u00e1 Noel Hill ag seinm an chonsairt\u00edn<\/strong>.\u00a0 Fourth-declension noun, no separate ending for the genitive case.<\/p>\n

Do sheal ar\u00eds!<\/strong><\/p>\n

4) druma\u00ed: T\u00e1 Mickey Hart ag seinm na<\/strong> ______________.\u00a0 Ooohh, throwing you for a loop there, perhaps.\u00a0 We typically refer to playing the drums (plural), so there’s no lenition but instead we have ________ (c\u00e9n t-athr\u00fa<\/strong>?)<\/p>\n

5) eof\u00f3n: Bh\u00edodh Alfred James Phasey (1834-1888) ag seinm an eof\u00f3in.<\/strong>\u00a0 Alfred James Phasey?\u00a0 C\u00e9rbh eisean?\u00a0 Seinnteoir ofaicl\u00e9ide a bh\u00ed ann freisin<\/strong>, if that helps!<\/p>\n

Agus do shealsa<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

6) fidil: Bh\u00ed an tseamr\u00f3g ag seinm na _____________ sa Doodle a bh\u00ed ag Google ar 17 M\u00e1rta 2015<\/strong>. Remember, feminine singular here, so no lenition.<\/p>\n

7) glocainsp\u00edl: B\u00edonn Marina Lambrini Diamandis ag seinm na glocainsp\u00edle \u00f3 am go ham ach seinneann s\u00ed an pian\u00f3, uirlis\u00ed m\u00e9archl\u00e1ir, an t-org\u00e1n, an Casio VL-Tone, agus an ucail\u00e9ile freisin<\/strong>. Something tells me she probably plays the keyboards more than the glockenspiel, but it certainly sounds like a nice touch. Agus d\u00e1la an sc\u00e9il, c\u00e1 as ise?\u00a0 As an mBreatain Bheag \u00ed.\u00a0 Is Gr\u00e9agach \u00e9 a hathair agus mar sin t\u00e1 sloinne Gr\u00e9agach uirthi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Do shealsa uair amh\u00e1in eile.\u00a0 Agus bu\u00edochas le Dia, t\u00e1 uirlis cheoil amh\u00e1in ann (agus gan ach ceann amh\u00e1in, fad m’eolais) a thosa\u00edonn leis an litir “h” (litir eile at\u00e1 neamhchoitianta mar th\u00faslitir i nGaeilge)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8) heicealf\u00f3n: Bh\u00ed seisear heicealf\u00f3naithe ag seinm a __________ ag an gc\u00e9ad chruinni\u00fa den <\/strong>North American Heckelphone Society a bh\u00ed i\u00a0<\/strong>Riverside Church i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac ar an 6\u00fa l\u00e1 de L\u00fanasa, 2001. An raibh duine ar bith agaibh ann<\/strong>?\u00a0 And did you watch out for the genitive plural here — it’s not the “-\u00f3in” ending that you may have been getting accustomed to.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I really wanted to simply have Heckle and maybe his sidekick Jeckle playing the heckelphone, but I figured I’d give due credit to the hecklephonists for forming their society.\u00a0 Also I’m not really sure how well suited goba Heckle agus Jeckle<\/strong>\u00a0are for playing any gaothuirlis\u00ed adhmaid<\/strong>.\u00a0 But just for good …. there it is again … measure, oh let’s go ahead:<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 Heckle ag seinm a<\/strong> _______________.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 Jeckle ag seinm a _______________ seisean.<\/strong>\u00a0 The “seisean<\/strong>” is added to make sure Heckle doesn’t play Jeckle’s heckelphone and that Jeckle doesn’t play Heckle’s heckelphone.<\/p>\n

And I suppose, while we’re at it, we may as well have “An Docht\u00fair Jekyll ag seinm a ___________ seisean freisin<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The doctor would probably be considerate enough gan a bheith ag seinm heicealf\u00f3n Heckle<\/strong>\u00a0agus<\/strong> gan a bheith ag seinm heicealf\u00f3n Jeckle<\/strong>. \u00a0Why no genitive-case ending there?\u00a0 Because the heckelphones are followed by \u00a0proper nouns (the names Heckle and Jeckle), which cancel out the genitive.<\/p>\n

Of course, if we were really pronouncing “Jekyll” in the original Scottish way, it would be more like “JEEK-il” (ceart, a Albanacha\u00ed<\/strong>?), as with Stevenson’s real-life source for the name, Walter Jekyll, and Walter’s\u00a0equally famous sister, Gertrude Jekyll, an saineola\u00ed gairneoireachta (gort\u00f3ireachta)<\/strong>.\u00a0 So there wouldn’t be that much point in pursuing the Jekylls playing heckelphones, but for the literary character, apparently “Jekyll” with a short “e” (like “Jeckle”) has become the normal pronunciation.<\/p>\n

And I really should have mentioned Johann Adam Heckel (1812-77). who invented the instrument.\u00a0 T\u00e1 s\u00fail agam nach mbeidh sibh ag d\u00e9anamh trasn\u00e1la orm mar gheall ar an dearmaid.\u00a0<\/strong> His company is still going strong, as “Wilhelm Heckel GmbH” in Wiesbaden, sa Ghearm\u00e1in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Well, we’re almost halfway done but I think it’s time to wrap up this blog and wait for an ch\u00e9ad bhlag eile<\/strong> to finish up the list.\u00a0 Having fun yet?\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) bas\u00fan: T\u00e1 Karen Geoghegan ag seinm an<\/strong>\u00a0_bhas\u00fain_<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4) druma\u00ed: T\u00e1 Mickey Hart ag seinm na _ndruma\u00ed_.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0… there’s no lenition but instead we have _ur\u00fa<\/strong>_ (c\u00e9n t-athr\u00fa<\/strong>?)<\/p>\n

6) fidil: Bh\u00ed an tseamr\u00f3g ag seinm na _fidle_ sa Doodle a bh\u00ed ag Google ar 17 M\u00e1rta 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

8)\u00a0heicealf\u00f3n: Bh\u00ed seisear heicealf\u00f3naithe ag seinm a _heicealf\u00f3n_ ag an gc\u00e9ad chruinni\u00fa den <\/strong>North American Heckelphone Society a bh\u00ed i\u00a0<\/strong>Riverside Church i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac ar an 6\u00fa l\u00e1 de L\u00fanasa, 2001. \u00a0<\/strong>That assumes one heckelphone per heckelphonist, so “heicealf\u00f3n<\/strong>” is plural here.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 Heckle ag seinm a _heicealf\u00f3in_.<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 Jeckle ag seinm a _heicealf\u00f3in_ \u00a0seisean.<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an Docht\u00fair Jekyll ag seinm a _heicealf\u00f3in _ seisean freisin.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Uirlis\u00ed ceoil \u00f3n alpchorn go dt\u00ed an xileaf\u00f3n.\u00a0 And, just for good, ermm, measure (“l\u00edne“) here, we’ll nudge them into the “tuiseal ginideach,” so we can say “playing the alpenhorn” or “playing the xylophone.”\u00a0 And why do we need “an tuiseal ginideach“?\u00a0 And what is it, anyway? We saw a bit of it…<\/p>\n

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