{"id":708,"date":"2011-03-09T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=708"},"modified":"2011-03-16T20:58:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T20:58:56","slug":"tearmai-eile-le-%e2%80%9cleath%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9chalf%e2%80%9d-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tearmai-eile-le-%e2%80%9cleath%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9chalf%e2%80%9d-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e9arma\u00ed Eile le \u201cleath\u201d (\u201chalf\u201d-terms)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Here\u2019s another sampling of phrases using the word \u201cleath<\/strong>,\u201d sometimes as a prefix (causing lenition) and sometimes as a separate word.\u00a0 Ar dt\u00fas, sampla\u00ed mar r\u00e9im\u00edr<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

leathbh\u00e1ite<\/strong>, half-drowned, drenched<\/p>\n

leathscoite<\/strong>, semi-detached (said of a house, etc.)<\/p>\n

leath-th\u00e9arma<\/strong>, half-term, as in a \u201chalf-term break\u201d<\/p>\n

and, curiously, leathnocht<\/strong>, half-naked (c\u00e9n leath at\u00e1 i gceist anseo?)<\/p>\n

Apropos of L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig<\/strong>, which is coming up:<\/p>\n

leathphionta<\/strong>, half-pint<\/p>\n

leathchaoch<\/strong>, half-blind or half-drunk<\/p>\n

Agus anois, c\u00fapla ceann nach bhfuil ceangailte don ainmfhocal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

leath bealaigh go dt\u00ed na Flaithis<\/strong>, Halfway to Heaven, which could either be ainm amhr\u00e1in<\/strong> (a song name, de chuid an ghr\u00fapa<\/strong> \u201cEurope\u201d), ainm scann\u00e1in<\/strong> (a film name, \u00f3 2009 n\u00f3, i bhfad roimhe sin, scann\u00e1n eile \u00f3 1929<\/strong>), or, I suppose, just a fr\u00e1sa ginear\u00e1lta<\/strong>.\u00a0 For clarification, best ask Clarence (an t-aingeal nach raibh a sciath\u00e1in aige f\u00f3s), is d\u00f3cha.\u00a0 Deirtear \u201cleathbhealaigh\u201d freisin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Is fearr leath n\u00e1 meath<\/strong>, half is better than nothing (lit. better than failure (seanfhocal<\/strong>, a proverb)<\/p>\n

ar leath p\u00e1<\/strong>, on half-pay<\/p>\n

b\u00f3 leath aimsire<\/strong>, lit. \u201ca cow of half time,\u201d meaning \u201ccow halfway through her tr\u00e9imhse iompair\u201d<\/strong> (period of gestation).\u00a0 And how many months would that be?\u00a0\u00a0 Freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>.\u00a0 Anyway, I\u2019ll have to remember that phrase next time a give my class a dictation exercise.\u00a0 But for the slenderness of the \u201cr\u201d in \u201caimsire<\/strong>,\u201d it might sound a lot like \u201cleathaimseartha<\/strong>\u201d (half-time, as in \u201cfifty percent of the time\u201d).\u00a0 So, in theory that could be a cow which is only a cow half the time.\u00a0 What it would be the other half of the time, I sh(udder) to think. Perhaps it lives in some r\u00e9altacht mhalartach<\/strong>, where they also keep the \u201cp\u00edopa\u00ed nach bhfuil ina bp\u00edopa\u00ed<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And why \u201caimsire<\/strong>\u201d anyway, you might wonder?\u00a0 This is from \u201caimsir<\/strong>\u201d as \u201ca period of time,\u201d which we also see in phrases like \u201can aimsir chaite<\/strong>\u201d (the past tense) and \u201can aimsir l\u00e1ithreach<\/strong>\u201d (the present tense).\u00a0 In more general conversation, \u201caimsir<\/strong>\u201d usually means \u201cweather,\u201d but it does have that range of meanings, much like \u201ctiempo\u201d in Spanish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SGF, \u00f3 R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra: Ceithre mh\u00ed go leith<\/strong>, four and a half months, plus a few more days for some sizes and breeds.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u201cLeath<\/strong>\u201d changes to \u201cleith<\/strong>\u201d in the phrase \u201cgo leith<\/strong>,\u201d which means \u201cand a half.\u201d \u00a0This also occurs in phrases such as \u201cdh\u00e1 uair go leith<\/strong>\u201d (two and a half hours), seacht n-uaire go leith<\/strong> (seven and a half hours), and \u201cc\u00e9ad go leith<\/strong>,\u201d one hundred and a half, i.e. one hundred and fifty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

le R\u00f3isl\u00edn Here\u2019s another sampling of phrases using the word \u201cleath,\u201d sometimes as a prefix (causing lenition) and sometimes as a separate word.\u00a0 Ar dt\u00fas, sampla\u00ed mar r\u00e9im\u00edr: leathbh\u00e1ite, half-drowned, drenched leathscoite, semi-detached (said of a house, etc.) leath-th\u00e9arma, half-term, as in a \u201chalf-term break\u201d and, curiously, leathnocht, half-naked (c\u00e9n leath at\u00e1 i gceist anseo?)…<\/p>\n

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