{"id":7019,"date":"2015-08-14T20:47:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T20:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2019-06-17T18:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:17:36","slug":"bleinbheart-go-zeitibheart-cinealacha-beart-agus-beartanna-i-ngaeilge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/bleinbheart-go-zeitibheart-cinealacha-beart-agus-beartanna-i-ngaeilge\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bl\u00e9inbheart’ go ‘Zeitibheart’\u00a0 — Cine\u00e1lacha Beart agus Beartanna i nGaeilge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When I first thought of this blog topic, I thought I’d just do types of clothing, like “bl\u00e9inbheart<\/strong>” and “coisbheart<\/strong>.”\u00a0 But then I figured we might as well do “an banana ioml\u00e1n<\/strong>.”\u00a0 If we’re in for a “pingin<\/strong>,” we may as well be in for a “punt<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Or actually, as the more traditional Irish expression goes, “\u00d3 loisc m\u00e9 an choinneal, loiscfidh m\u00e9 an t-orlach<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

So today we’ll mostly just look at the different meanings of “beart<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Eventually we’ll look at more of the compound words that use “beart<\/strong>,” including the fairly transparent “meigibheart<\/strong>” and “gigibheart<\/strong>” and the mindboggling “zeitibheart<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

First, let’s distinguish two main catagories here.\u00a0\u00a0 We have “beart<\/strong>” (plural: beartanna<\/strong>), which means “berth” as in “beart d\u00fabailte<\/strong>” or “beart curtha in \u00e1irithe<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

And then we have “beart<\/strong>” (plural for common case usage: bearta<\/strong>), which has three distinct meanings:<\/p>\n

1. beart\u00a0<\/strong>(pl:\u00a0bearta<\/strong>), bundle, mar a fheiceann muid sa seanfhocal: <\/strong>“Bail\u00edonn brobh beart<\/strong>,” many a little makes a mickle. “Brobh<\/strong>” [broh] on its own? It means a “wisp,” a “blade” (as in grass or straw) or a single rush plant (they usually come in clusters).<\/p>\n

2. beart<\/strong>\u00a0(pl:\u00a0bearta<\/strong><\/strong>), covering or garment. This is where “bl\u00e9inbheart<\/strong>” and “coisbheart<\/strong>” come in. “Coisbheart<\/strong>” we discussed recently.\u00a0 It’s based on “cos<\/strong>” (foot; also means “leg” but that’s less relevant here).\u00a0 So “coisbheart<\/strong>” [kw<\/sup>ish-vy<\/sup>art] means ‘footwear.”<\/p>\n

As for “bl\u00e9in<\/strong>,” as I mentioned before, I haven’t seen this one in any textbook, but, um, it’s basic meaning is “cavity” or “cove.”\u00a0 It can be used in a phrase for “bubo,” as in the buboes that gave us the Bubonic Plague (an Phl\u00e1 Bh\u00fab\u00f3nach<\/strong> [un flaw WOO-boh-nukh]).\u00a0 \u00a0A “loch ascaille<\/strong>” is an armpit\u00a0 bubo — remember our discussion of ascaill\u00ed<\/strong> (armpits) way back when? \u00a0The nasc<\/strong> is th\u00edos.<\/strong> \u00a0And a “loch bhl\u00e9ine<\/strong>” is a groin bubo.<\/p>\n

So, getting back to “bl\u00e9inbheart<\/strong>,” it means “jockstrap” (lit. groin-covering).\u00a0 For whatever reason (diabhal a fhios agam!<\/strong>), it’s not based on the word “strapa<\/strong>,” which we saw for “br\u00f3gstrapa<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

“Bl\u00e9in<\/strong>” also shows up in a few other compound words:\u00a0bl\u00e9ineann (bl\u00e9infhionn)<\/strong>: white-loined, as in “b\u00f3 bhl\u00e9ineann<\/strong>,” and\u00a0bl\u00e9ineasna<\/strong>: groin rib (in architecture)\u00a0and a few other phrases, such as:\u00a0cumhdach bl\u00e9ine<\/strong>, cup protector (also in Sports), and\u00a0teilgean \u00f3n mbl\u00e9in<\/strong>, an inner thigh throw, in, let’s see, c\u00e9n sp\u00f3rt?\u00a0 Freagra th\u00edos!<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. beart<\/strong> (pl: bearta<\/strong>): finally, the third type of “beart<\/strong>” that has “bearta<\/strong>” as the plural.\u00a0 Its meaning depends largely on context.\u00a0 In games, it can mean a “move” or, for dice, a “throw.”\u00a0 It also can mean:<\/p>\n

a) a plan or maneuver (beart cliste<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

b) an action, circumstance, or plight, often in a negative context (beart d\u00edch\u00e9ill\u00ed, i mbearta crua<\/strong>).\u00a0 Come to think of it, is “plight” ever positive?\u00a0 How did “plight” come to be inherently negative?\u00a0 \u00c1bhar blag eile, is d\u00f3cha!<\/strong><\/p>\n

c) a more general sense of actions, proceedings, transactions or experiences as in “i rith mo bheart<\/strong>” (in\/during my experiences); “tar \u00e9is na mbeart<\/strong>” (when everything is said and done, lit. after the proceedings); and, “ i ndeireadh na mbeart<\/strong>” (finally), which, i rith mo bheart f\u00e9in<\/strong>, is more typically “faoi dheireadh<\/strong>“.\u00a0 The form “mbeart<\/strong>” is used for genitive plural, after the word for “the.”<\/p>\n

So, that’s ceithre chatag\u00f3ir<\/strong>\u00a0for the word “beart<\/strong>.”\u00a0 And remember those slight differences in the plural can help distinguish which “beart<\/strong>” is which.\u00a0 A phrase like “na mbeartanna<\/strong>” will clearly mean “of the berths” (in boats, ships, etc.) and “na mbeart<\/strong>” has three basic meanings: a) of the bundles, b) of the garments\/coverings, and c) of the casts, moves, plays, plays, actions, transactions, etc.<\/p>\n

Sin \u00e9 don l\u00e1 inniu<\/strong>.\u00a0 Next up, b’fh\u00e9idir, an Ghaeilge ar<\/strong> “pelvic protector,” an item similar to the “bl\u00e9inbheart<\/strong>,” but for cail\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong> and mn\u00e1<\/strong>.\u00a0 Presumably something like ” *cosant\u00f3ir peilbheach<\/strong>.” \u00a0As you can probably tell from the way I just wrote that, I haven’t actually seen the phrase in a real-life context yet.\u00a0 SGF–R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra: j\u00fad\u00f3<\/strong>, almost the same as the English spelling, but the Irish version does have the long marks<\/p>\n

Nasc:\u00a0<\/strong>Ascaill, Axilla, Armpit \u2014 Who Says Irish Doesn\u2019t Have Many Cognates with English? (Cuid a hAon\/Pt. 1)<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Posted on 24. Apr, 2013 by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> in Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ascaill-axilla-armpit-who-says-irish-doesnt-have-many-cognates-with-english\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) When I first thought of this blog topic, I thought I’d just do types of clothing, like “bl\u00e9inbheart” and “coisbheart.”\u00a0 But then I figured we might as well do “an banana ioml\u00e1n.”\u00a0 If we’re in for a “pingin,” we may as well be in for a “punt.”\u00a0 Or actually, as the more traditional…<\/p>\n

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