{"id":7257,"date":"2015-10-27T20:15:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:32:34","slug":"pronunciation-guide-for-25-chulaith-oiche-shamhna-25-halloween-costumes-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/pronunciation-guide-for-25-chulaith-oiche-shamhna-25-halloween-costumes-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronunciation Guide for “25 Chulaith O\u00edche Shamhna” (25 Halloween Costumes, in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We recently looked at the Irish for 25 different types of cultacha O\u00edche Shamhna (nasc th\u00edos)<\/strong>, some fairly traidisi\u00fanta (vaimp\u00edr, taibhse)<\/strong> and some fairly far-fetched (h\u00e9ilics d\u00fabailte d’<\/strong>aig\u00e9ad d\u00ed-ocsairibean\u00faicl\u00e9asach<\/strong>)<\/strong>.\u00a0 This post will give some pronunciation tips for them.<\/p>\n

But first, let’s look at the word “culaith<\/strong>” [KUL-uh OR KUL-ee] itself.\u00a0 “The suit” is “an chulaith<\/strong>” [un KHUL-uh \/ KHUL-ee] and the plural is “cultacha<\/strong>.”\u00a0\u00a0 It means both “costume” and “suit,” so, remember, you can use this word for several types of suits, like:<\/p>\n

culaith chait<\/strong>, a catsuit, although this could also mean “cat costume.”\u00a0 In fact, it could mean both a “cat costume” for\u00a0 a person to wear or a “cat costume” for a cat to wear (good luck with that, but they do sell them!).\u00a0 I suppose the English is equally ambiguous, as far as the meaning of “cat costume” goes.<\/p>\n

culaith chear\u00e1it\u00e9<\/strong>, a karate suit<\/p>\n

culaith mhionstr\u00edocach<\/strong>, a pinstriped suit, and<\/p>\n

culaith shn\u00e1mha <\/strong>OR culaith sn\u00e1mha<\/strong>, (I’ve seen both spellings), bathing suit\/swimsuit<\/p>\n

If the plural is “cultacha<\/strong>,” you might be wondering why the title didn’t use “cultacha<\/strong>” after “25.”\u00a0 Remember the rule in Irish, nouns stay singular after the “bunuimhreacha<\/strong>,” so we say, “c\u00faig chulaith is fiche<\/strong>,” (or “c\u00faig chulaith<\/strong>” if you just have five, “fiche culaith<\/strong>” if you have twenty, etc.).\u00a0 Same with boxes (dh\u00e1 bhosca<\/strong>, no “-\u00ed” plural ending) or horses (c\u00e9ad capall<\/strong>, no inserted “-i-” to create the plural form) or any other general noun (except people, counting them being a horse of different color!).<\/p>\n

And now, back to “cultacha O\u00edche Shamhna<\/strong>” and the ones mentioned in the last post.\u00a0 You might remember that some examples were given with the “An bhfuil t\u00fa<\/strong> i do<\/strong> …” structure last time, which triggered lenition (b becoming bh, c becoming ch, etc.) for some of the examples.\u00a0 Here I’ve reduced them to their basic form, without the “i do<\/strong> …” part.<\/p>\n

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  1. a) conriocht<\/strong> [kon-rikht], werewolf, lit. “hound-shape,” so the “were-” element of the English “werewolf” is completely gone. Where’d that “were-” come from anyway? Same place as in “wergild” (lit. “man-money,” i.e. historically, compensation to the family of an injured or killed person). “Wer(e)-” is a cousin of the Latin word “vir<\/em>” (man) and, for that matter, also a cousin of the Irish word “fear<\/strong>” (man)<\/li>\n
  2. b) taibhse<\/strong> [TYV-shuh], ghost (that’s “y” as in “my” or “try”)<\/li>\n
  3. c) madra<\/strong> [MAH-druh], dog<\/li>\n
  4. d) g\u00fal<\/strong> [gool], you probably guessed it, a ghoul, and no, since there’s no “s\u00edneadh fada<\/strong>” (long mark) in the Star Trek term\u00a0“Gul,” it’s not a lost Gul from the Cardassian Empire, unless that Gul were dressed up for Halloween, as a ghoul. Then we could say, “T\u00e1 an Gul sin ina gh\u00fal anocht<\/strong>” or, if female (are there female Guls?), “T\u00e1 an Gul sin ina g\u00fal<\/strong>.” Of course, a human could dress up as a Cardassian Gul dressed up as a ghoul, a sort of layered costume, and then I guess you could describe yourself as, “T\u00e1 m\u00e9 i mo Ghul at\u00e1 ina gh\u00fal<\/strong>” or “Is Gul ina gh\u00fal m\u00e9<\/strong>.” \u00a0If the speaker is female, and if female Guls do exist, then \u00a0“… at\u00e1 ina g\u00fal<\/strong>” or “Is Gul ina g\u00fal m\u00e9<\/strong>.” \u00a0Anyway, next …<\/li>\n
  5. e) creatlach<\/strong> [KRzh<\/sup>AT-lukh], skeleton<\/li>\n
  6. f) bean feasa<\/strong> [ban FASS-uh], wise woman<\/li>\n
  7. g) fiaghruagach<\/strong> [FEE-uh- \u0263ROO-uh-gukh, remember \/ \u0263 \/ is the voiced velar fricative sound also found in “Mo gh<\/em>r\u00e1 th\u00fa<\/strong>” and “Dia dh<\/em>uit, a Gh<\/em>r\u00e1inne<\/strong>“], warlock<\/li>\n
  8. h) an Ghli\u00fad\u00f3g Dhochreidte<\/strong> [un Ly<\/sup>OO-dohg \u0263O-HRzh<\/sup>edj-tchuh], the Incredible Hulk (not that I know of any official use of this translation. BTW, the “ghl” sound is a combination of a slender “gh,” usually pronounced like a “y” (an-gheal, an ghealach, srl.<\/strong>) and a slender “l” (as in “million”), so the first sound is a bit more like “YUH- Ly<\/sup>” with both parts said simultaneously–but that is a little eye-boggling in a rough guide to pronunciation.<\/li>\n
  9. i) vaimp\u00edr<\/strong> [VAM-peerzh<\/sup>], vampire<\/li>\n
  10. j) puimc\u00edn<\/strong> [PW<\/sup>IM-keen], pumpkin<\/li>\n
  11. k) bl\u00e1th<\/strong> [blaw], flower<\/li>\n
  12. l) cail\u00edn bail\u00e9<\/strong> [KY-leen BALy<\/sup>-ay, ballerina, lit. ballet girl, even more lit. “girl of ballet”<\/li>\n
  13. m) Earcail<\/strong> [\u00c6<\/strong>R-kil], Hercules<\/li>\n
  14. n) Harry Potter<\/strong>, uh, no change, though some translations did change his name slightly (Harri Potter<\/em> sa Bhreatnais, srl.<\/strong>)<\/li>\n
  15. o) Freddy Krueger<\/strong>, ’nuff said<\/li>\n
  16. p) r\u00edomhaire<\/strong> [REEV-irzh<\/sup>-uh], computer. Remember, initial r’s are always broad, even if followed by “e” or “i”, not slender (slender as in the medial r’s of “M\u00e1ire<\/strong>” or “tirim<\/strong>” or the final “r” of “t\u00edr<\/strong>” or “fir<\/strong>“)<\/li>\n
  17. q) francach<\/strong> [FRAHNK-ukh], rat; culaith fhrancaigh<\/strong> [KUL-uh RAHNK-ee OR KUL-ee RAHNK-ee], rat costume. We can probably assume this would be a costume a human would wear to look like a rat (Was there a Ratatouille costume as a movie spin-off?), not a costume to put on a pet rat — but one never knows<\/li>\n
  18. r) zomba\u00ed<\/strong> [ZOM-bee], zombie (naturally); culaith zomba\u00ed,<\/strong> no change to “zomba\u00ed<\/strong>” because “z” can’t take lenition<\/li>\n
  19. s) buachaill b\u00f3<\/strong> [BOO-uh-khil boh], cowboy; culaith bhuachaill b\u00f3<\/strong> [KUL-uh WOO-ukh-il boh, with variations KUL-ee, VOO-ukh-il, etc.]<\/li>\n
  20. t) an Sfioncs<\/strong> [un sfinks], as if you couldn’t guess, the Sphinx<\/li>\n
  21. u) an F\u00e9inics<\/strong> [un FAYN-iks], the Phoenix, of which there’s only one at a time in the entire world, so anyone being “a Phoenix” for Halloween would essentially be “the Phoenix” as well<\/li>\n
  22. v) an t-aonbheannach deireanach<\/strong> [un TAYN-van-ukh Dj<\/sup>ERzh<\/sup>-uh-nukh], the last unicorn, last by definition, at least per author Peter S. Beagle<\/li>\n
  23. w) aonbheannach<\/strong> [AYN-van-ukh], unicorn<\/li>\n
  24. x) daor\u00e1nach i ngeimhle<\/strong> [DEER-AWN-ukh ing-EV-luh], a fettered convict, i.e. a convict with his\/her feet chained. Recognize “daor\u00e1nach<\/strong>“? It’s the opposite of “saor\u00e1nach<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  25. y) h\u00e9ilics d\u00fabailte d’aig\u00e9ad d\u00ed-ocsairibean\u00faicl\u00e9asach<\/strong> [HAYL-iks DOO-bul-tchuh D\u00c6G-yayd DJ<\/sup>EE-OK-suh-RIB-uh-NOO-ih-KLAY-sukh], double helix of DNA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And if anyone has ever made a costume of DNA helix strands, please do send in a grianghraf<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’m sure we’d all love to see it.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    \u00a0(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) We recently looked at the Irish for 25 different types of cultacha O\u00edche Shamhna (nasc th\u00edos), some fairly traidisi\u00fanta (vaimp\u00edr, taibhse) and some fairly far-fetched (h\u00e9ilics d\u00fabailte d’aig\u00e9ad d\u00ed-ocsairibean\u00faicl\u00e9asach).\u00a0 This post will give some pronunciation tips for them. But first, let’s look at the word “culaith” [KUL-uh OR KUL-ee] itself.\u00a0 “The suit” is…<\/p>\n

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