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Mostly this blog will discuss beverages associated with L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig<\/strong> and save s\u00fa p\u00e1iseoige<\/strong> and s\u00fa tr\u00e1ta<\/strong> and the like for a later blog.\u00a0<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start with some of the basics, like beer, ale, and whiskey (note the \u2018-ey\u201d spelling of whiskey here, since this a blog about Irish.\u00a0 Ceist\u00edn ort: C\u00e9 a litr\u00edonn \u00e9 mar<\/strong> \u201cw-h-i-s-k-y\u201d?\u00a0 Freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A. \u201cBeoir\u201d<\/strong> is a feminine noun, so we also have the forms \u201can bheoir<\/strong>\u201d (the beer, with the \u201cbh\u201d pronounced like a \u201cv\u201d) and \u201cna beorach<\/strong>\u201d (of beer)\u00a0 The fact that \u201cbeoir<\/strong>\u201d is feminine also affects an adjective that directly modifies it (beoir fhuar<\/strong>) or a noun that acts as an adjective (beoir shins\u00e9ir<\/strong>).<\/p>\n So how would you say the following (note: there will be some duplication in answers):<\/p>\n 1. buid\u00e9al<\/strong> _______________ (a bottle of beer)<\/p>\n 2. ____________ bhairille<\/strong> (draught beer, lit. beer of a barrel)<\/p>\n 3. canna<\/strong> _________________(a can of beer)<\/p>\n 4. anraith<\/strong> _________ c\u00e1ise (cheesy beer soup), made with \u201cgreen cheese\u201d for St. Patrick\u2019s Day?<\/p>\n 5. _______________ neamh-mheisci\u00fail<\/strong> (non-alcoholic beer)<\/p>\n 6. braichlis<\/strong> _______________ (beerwort, lit. wort of beer).\u00a0 Note: \u201cbraichlis\u201d is a feminine noun, which causes an additional change to the word \u201cbeoir.\u201d<\/p>\n 7. scoth<\/strong>____________ (premium beer).\u00a0 Note: this is a compound word, with \u201cscoth<\/strong>-\u201c as a prefix.\u00a0 What happens to the second half of a compound word in most cases in Irish?<\/p>\n B. \u201cLeann<\/strong>\u201d (ale) is a masculine noun.\u00a0 Seo c\u00fapla cine\u00e1l leannta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Can you fill in the missing Irish word?<\/p>\n leann<\/strong> ________ (porter, stout). \u00a0Hint: this phrase, reversed, is similar to the place name \u201cDublin,\u201d even though the \u201c-lin\u201d of \u201cDublin\u201d is from the Irish word \u201clinn<\/strong>\u201d (pool), not from \u201cleann<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 Interesting coincidence though!\u00a0 Not that \u201cDublin\u201d is actually called \u201cDublin\u201d in Irish \u2013 the Irish name for the capital city is \u201cBaile \u00c1tha Cliath<\/strong>,\u201d but that\u2019s \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n leann<\/strong> ________ (ginger-ale)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n leann<\/strong> ________ (heather-ale).\u00a0 This ale was long relegated to the legend about an Irishman\u2019s attempt to learn the Danish secret of making heather-beer.\u00a0 But, about 25 years ago, the product was revived as \u201cFraoch Heather Ale,\u201d as noted in my blog of 20 Ean\u00e1ir<\/strong> 2010 (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tag\/zymurgy\/<\/a>).\u00a0 At the time, the following sites sold it: http:\/\/www.williamsbrosbrew.com\/<\/a> (UK mainland only); this company is also known for its ales made with feamainn, p\u00e9ine<\/strong>, and caor throim<\/strong> (seaweed, pine, and elderberry).\u00a0 For Nua-Eabhrac<\/strong>, Filideilfia<\/strong>, San Francisco, and Siceag\u00f3<\/strong>, this site http:\/\/www.beermenus.com\/beers\/fraoch-heather-ale<\/a> lists pubs that stock it.\u00a0 Ar bhlais t\u00fa riamh \u00e9?<\/strong><\/p>\n And the language note here, even though \u201cfraoch<\/strong>\u201d is a good clue, it\u2019s not the exact form you would use to fill in the blank!<\/p>\n C. \u201cThe Craythur\u201d et al.:<\/strong> There are several ways to say \u201cwhiskey,\u201d (the legal type) in Irish, both based on the word \u201cwater\u201d (uisce<\/strong>).\u00a0 Can you fill in the blanks to create them?<\/p>\n __uisce<\/strong> (litir amh\u00e1in<\/strong>, just one additional letter needed here)<\/p>\n uisce <\/strong>_________ (whiskey, lit. water of life)<\/p>\n As for the Hiberno-English word, \u201cthe craythur,\u201d either ask Tim Finnegan or just \u201cstick to it\u201d and it will \u201csink your sorrows\u201d and \u201craise your joys.\u201d\u00a0 M\u00e1 t\u00e1 leid eile, de dh\u00edth ort, f\u00e9ach ar na freagra\u00ed (C.)<\/strong><\/p>\n SGF, \u00f3 R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/p>\n Gluais: fuar, <\/strong>cold (becomes \u201cfhuar<\/strong>\u201d after \u201cbeoir<\/strong>,\u201d with the \u201cfh\u201d completely silent); p\u00e1iseog<\/strong>, passion-fruit, p\u00e1iseoige<\/strong>, of passion-fruit; sins\u00e9ar<\/strong>, ginger sins\u00e9ir<\/strong> or shins\u00e9ir<\/strong>, of ginger, as in ar\u00e1n sins\u00e9ir<\/strong> and the phrase above, beoir shins\u00e9ir <\/strong>(no s\u00e9imhi\u00fa <\/strong>after \u201car\u00e1n,\u201d <\/strong>since it\u2019s masculine); tr\u00e1ta<\/strong>, tomato, of tomato (no changes here)<\/p>\n Freagra don cheist faoi litri\u00fa:<\/strong> na hAlbanaigh (Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey)<\/p>\n A. Freagra\u00ed faoi bheoir):<\/strong> 1. buid\u00e9al beorach<\/strong>, 2. beoir bhairille<\/strong>, 3. canna beorach<\/strong>, 4. anraith beorach c\u00e1ise<\/strong> (lit. beer-soup of cheese, even more lit. \u201csoup of beer of cheese\u201d), 5. beoir neamh-mheisci\u00fail<\/strong>, 6. braichlis<\/strong> bheorach<\/strong>, 7. scothbheoir<\/strong>.\u00a0 As you might have noticed, buid\u00e9al, canna<\/strong>, and anraith<\/strong> are all followed by the form \u201cbeorach<\/strong>,\u201d since they are masculine nouns.\u00a0 \u201cBraichlis<\/strong>,\u201d being a feminine noun, is followed by the lenited form of \u201cbeorach<\/strong>,\u201d so the phrase is \u201cbraichlis bheorach<\/strong>,\u201d with the \u201cbh\u201d pronounced like a \u201cv.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n B. Freagra\u00ed faoi leann<\/strong>: 1. leann dubh<\/strong>, 2. leann sins\u00e9ir<\/strong>, 3. leann fraoigh (\u201cfraoigh\u201d <\/strong>[free], of heather, <\/strong>is the tuiseal ginideach <\/strong>for \u201cfraoch <\/strong>[freekh or fraykh or frookh]\u00a0 The pronunciation of \u201cfraoch<\/strong>\u201d depends on your dialect.\u00a0 The key-thing, for B\u00e9arl\u00f3ir\u00ed, <\/strong>is that the \u201cch\u201d is the voiceless velar fricative (guttural) sound we find in German \u201cBuch<\/em>,\u201d Welsh \u201cBach<\/em>,\u201d and Hebrew\/Yiddish\/English \u201cchutzpah\u201d)<\/p>\n C. Freagra\u00ed faoi \u201cwhiskey\u201d: fuisce, uisce beatha.\u00a0 <\/strong>Home-distilled whiskey also has a variety of names in Irish and English, \u201cpoit\u00edn<\/strong>,\u201d being the most typical in Irish; this word is usually anglicized as \u201cpoteen,\u201d with the \u201ct\u201d pronounced almost like an English \u201cch\u201d (as in \u201cchild,\u201d \u201cchurch,\u201d etc.).\u00a0 I mB\u00e9arla<\/strong>: the craythur (with a good Hiberno-English dental \u201ct\u201d in the middle), the stuff, and for the first pint, \u201cthe pure drop.\u201d\u00a0 At least one writer implies that poit\u00edn<\/strong> is distilled from the tears of angels (!), as noted on the site http:\/\/www.paul-hyde-author.com\/cioran.html<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s unclear to me whether the actual comparison is by Emile Cioran himself or by Paul Hyde, referring to a statement by Cioran.\u00a0 Either way, a great analogy.\u00a0 Anyone else familiar with it, i nGaeilge (deora aingeal, is d\u00f3cha), n\u00f3 i mB\u00e9arla?<\/p>\n Iarsmaoineamh<\/strong>:\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 A final search for ale-related terms online took me, by sheer coincidence, \u00a0to the term \u201cSl. Waialeale<\/strong>,\u201d which is the official Irish version of Mt. Wai\u2019ale\u2019ale\u2019 (sliabh i<\/strong> Hav\u00e1\u00ed<\/strong>).\u00a0 The \u201cSl<\/strong>.\u201d stands for \u201cSliabh<\/strong>\u201d (mountain).\u00a0 I know it\u2019s coincidental, and that the final \u201c-e\u201d is actually pronounced (unlike the silent \u201c-e\u201d in \u201cale\u201d), but how intriguing that Sl. Waialeale<\/strong> is one of the wettest places on earth.\u00a0 Seems like it would be a good place to get your whistle \u201cwel y-wet,\u201d as Chaucer would have us say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn\u00a0 Mostly this blog will discuss beverages associated with L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig and save s\u00fa p\u00e1iseoige and s\u00fa tr\u00e1ta and the like for a later blog.\u00a0 Let\u2019s start with some of the basics, like beer, ale, and whiskey (note the \u2018-ey\u201d spelling of whiskey here, since this a blog about Irish.\u00a0 Ceist\u00edn ort: C\u00e9 a…<\/p>\n