{"id":7304,"date":"2015-11-09T21:29:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=7304"},"modified":"2017-11-27T11:38:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:38:22","slug":"irish-pronunciation-roundup-for-the-blog-on-carancaili-an-turcai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/irish-pronunciation-roundup-for-the-blog-on-carancaili-an-turcai\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Pronunciation Roundup for the Blog on “Carancail\u00ed an Turca\u00ed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last blog, we looked at caruncles, wattles, snoods, and dewlaps, words which are almost as intriguing in English as they are in Irish.\u00a0 A few of the Irish terms we used might deserve a little further attention for pronunciation:<\/p>\n

fiafh\u00e1s<\/strong> [FEE-uh-AWSS; the second “f” is silent], outgrowth, excrescence (lit. large or outsize growing\/growth)<\/p>\n

fu\u00edlleach<\/strong> [Fw<\/sup>EEL-yukh, don’t overlook fact that the “i” in the middle is actually “\u00ed” (i-fada), the “s\u00edneadh fada<\/strong>” may be harder to spot next to two l’s, especially in small print], leftovers<\/p>\n

i gcomhair<\/strong> [ig-OH-irzh<\/sup>], for<\/p>\n

laghairt<\/strong>, and its plural: laghairteanna<\/strong>, [LY-irtch<\/sup>, plural: LY-irtch<\/sup>-uh-nuh], lizard, lizards<\/p>\n

musclacha<\/strong>, and its plural: musclachain<\/strong> [MUSK-LAH-khuh, plural: MUSK-LAH-khin], Muscovy duck.\u00a0 Remember the “u” of the “musk” in the pronunciation guide here isn’t quite like the typical short “u” of the English “musk” as “musk-ox” (or “tusk” or “rusk”).\u00a0 It’s the typical Irish short “u,” as in “bus<\/strong>” or “cur<\/strong>” or “lus<\/strong>,” i.e. more like the English “u” in “push” or “put,” but not “rush” or “to putt” (in golf).<\/p>\n

pr\u00edomhbh\u00f3thar<\/strong> [PRzh<\/sup>EEV-WOH-hur, silent m, b, and t], main road<\/p>\n

sn\u00fada<\/strong> [SNOO-duh], a snood.\u00a0 Fairly straightforward, but I want to return to this word below, so will include it here for a baseline pronunciation.<\/p>\n

sprochaille<\/strong> [SPROKH-ul-yuh], wattle, dewlap, gill, double chin, barbel, bag or pouch under the eye, and, when followed by “sr\u00f3ine<\/strong>,” it’s one of the words for “snot.”\u00a0 But what’s the main word for “snot”?\u00a0 It’s “smuga<\/strong>,” which has several interesting offshoots, like “smugach\u00e1n<\/strong>” (snotty-nosed person), “smugairle<\/strong>” (thick spittle), and “smugairle r\u00f3in<\/strong>” (jellyfish, lit. seal-spittle).\u00a0 As you may have figured out by now, “sr\u00f3ine<\/strong>” means “of (a) nose.”<\/p>\n

So that’s a nice handful from the most recent blog.\u00a0 But somehow, I can’t get the word “sn\u00fada<\/strong>” out of my head.\u00a0 Both for its intriguing meanings and for its fun sound.\u00a0 So hang on for a little more on the word “snood.”<\/p>\n

I’m still looking for the Irish for “desnooding,” as in “to desnood a turkey,” but so far, the term has proved elusive.\u00a0 I assume it would be something like “d\u00edshn\u00fad\u00fa<\/strong>,” patterned on “d\u00edchn\u00e1mh\u00fa<\/strong>” (to debone, deboning).\u00a0 But I always like to find a source, when possible.\u00a0 At any rate, assuming we use “d\u00ed-<\/strong>” as the prefix, we’d have lenition, changing the initial “sn” of “sn\u00fada<\/strong>” to “shn\u00fada<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The “s” is now silent, leaving us with “DEE-HNOO-doo.”\u00a0 For “d\u00edchn\u00e1mh\u00fa<\/strong>,” we start with “cn\u00e1mh<\/strong>” ([knawv], bone), add a verbal ending, “-\u00fa,” and then the negating prefix “d\u00ed-<\/strong>,” leaving us with “Dj<\/sup>EE-KHNAWV-oo.”<\/p>\n

If you’re thinking, “Why should I learn to pronounce ‘hnoo,’ since might never need to desnood a turkey, let alone talk about it in Irish?”, please keep in mind that you’ll need that same sound to say:<\/p>\n

mo shn\u00fada<\/strong>, my snood<\/p>\n

do shn\u00fada<\/strong>, your snood<\/p>\n

a shn\u00fada<\/strong>, his snood<\/p>\n

And the “hn” sound will also come up in a few more words or phrases, like:<\/p>\n

shnoigh s\u00e9<\/strong>, he carved<\/p>\n

mo shnaoisbhosca<\/strong>, my snuff-box<\/p>\n

And a couple that actually start with “tn-” —\u00a0 they end up with the same “hn” sound when lenited:<\/p>\n

N\u00edor thn\u00fath m\u00e9 riamh do Taylor Swift \u00e9 (ag caint faoina hioncam n\u00f3 a rath n\u00f3 rud \u00e9igin mar sin)<\/strong>, I never begrudged it to Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n

Ba thn\u00fath\u00e1na\u00ed \u00e9<\/strong>, he was a sponger.<\/p>\n

And then you could try, “Ar dh\u00edshn\u00fadaigh t\u00fa do thurca\u00ed, a Thoirealaigh<\/strong>?”\u00a0 That gives you a nice cluster of lenited consonants to enjoy.\u00a0 It means, “Did you desnood your turkey, Terrence \u00a0(or Turlough, or Tarlagh)?”<\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way, there’s also a verb, “to snood,” at least in Scots (Lallans), but it’s not the opposite of “desnood,” at least not when we’re talking turkey.\u00a0 At this point in time, I’d say “to snood” is pretty archaic, but you might recall it from Burns’ “Tam Lin,” which says, “Janet has kilted her green kirtle \/ A little aboon her knee, \/ And she has snooded her yellow hair \/ a little aboon her bree.”<\/p>\n

I haven’t seen much evidence of “sn\u00fad\u00fa<\/strong>” in Irish, but presumably it would be a regular, Type-2 verb.\u00a0 So we could wrap up today’s blog post with:<\/p>\n

Ar shn\u00fadaigh Judy agus Trudy a gcuid\u00a0 gruaige<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

The answers: Shn\u00fadaigh<\/strong> (for “yes”) OR “N\u00edor shn\u00fadaigh<\/strong>” (for “no”)<\/p>\n

On that “hnote,” SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In the last blog, we looked at caruncles, wattles, snoods, and dewlaps, words which are almost as intriguing in English as they are in Irish.\u00a0 A few of the Irish terms we used might deserve a little further attention for pronunciation: fiafh\u00e1s [FEE-uh-AWSS; the second “f” is silent], outgrowth, excrescence (lit. large or outsize…<\/p>\n

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