{"id":7501,"date":"2016-01-04T21:08:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T21:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2016-01-06T10:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T10:06:43","slug":"nil-tuile-da-mhead-nach-dtrann-vocabulary-for-discussing-the-floods-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/nil-tuile-da-mhead-nach-dtrann-vocabulary-for-discussing-the-floods-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00edl tuile d\u00e1 mh\u00e9ad nach dtr\u00e1nn: Vocabulary for discussing the floods in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"C\u00e9n<\/a>

C\u00e9n Ghaeilge a bheadh ar an bhf\u00f3gra seo? T\u00e1 s\u00e9 deacair an focal fada faoi “MAY BE” a l\u00e9amh ach s\u00edlim go ndeir s\u00e9 “dangerous.” Sin ‘cont\u00fairteach’ n\u00f3 ‘baolach’ n\u00f3 ‘dains\u00e9arach’. Seo pictiur den Duck River i dTennessee i Meirice\u00e1. \u00a0(http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/view-image.php?image=11738&picture=duck-river-flood)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Like many people, I’m very concerned about the amount of flooding in Ireland.\u00a0 Not being any sort of innealt\u00f3ir sibhialta<\/strong>, hidreola\u00ed<\/strong>, or c\u00e9ad fhreagr\u00f3ir<\/strong>, I think the most I can to is “mo chuid imn\u00ed a l\u00e9iri\u00fa<\/strong>” and provide some vocabulary for discussing the situation.<\/p>\n

First, let’s start with the word for flood, and then we’ll do a few related phrases.<\/p>\n

tuile<\/strong>, a flood; ex: tuile bh\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/strong>, a downpour of rain<\/p>\n

an tuile<\/strong>, the flood; an tuile rua<\/strong>, the deluge, lit. the red\/intense flood (but that’s still not the same as “An D\u00edle<\/strong>“.\u00a0 Which means …?\u00a0 F\u00e9ach an freagra th\u00edos ag bun an bhlag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

tuile<\/strong>, of a flood (same as the basic form); ex: bacainn tuile<\/strong>, a flood barrier<\/p>\n

na tuile<\/strong>, of the flood; le tr\u00e1 na tuile<\/strong>, with the fall of the flood (the receding of the water)<\/p>\n

tuilte<\/strong>, floods, ex: Beidh tuilte ann mar gheall ar an fhearthainne<\/strong>, There will be floods because of the rain.<\/p>\n

na tuilte<\/strong>, the floods; ex: F\u00e1gfaidh na tuilte an baile faoi uisce<\/strong>, The floods (flooding) will leave the town under water, i.e. will drown the town<\/p>\n

tuilte<\/strong>, of floods; ex: in aghaidh tuilte<\/strong>, against floods, as in “\u00e1rachas in aghaidh tuilte<\/strong>,” insurance against floods, or “rial\u00fach\u00e1n tuilte<\/strong>,” flood control, lit. control of floods<\/p>\n

na dtuilte<\/strong>, of the floods, ex: i ndiaidh na dtuilte<\/strong>, after the floods, lit. in the wake\/trail of the floods (that’s how “of the” comes in)<\/p>\n

For relative newcomers to the language, remember the “ui” vowel sound is more like the “i” of English “is” or “it.”\u00a0 The “u” is essentially silent, serving mostly to keep the “t” broad.\u00a0 This “ui” pronunciation shows up in many everyday words in Irish, such as “duine<\/strong>” and “bhfuil<\/strong>.”\u00a0 And the final “e” is pronounced, albeit unstressed.\u00a0 This is a major difference from spelling in English, where most final “e’s” are silent (as in “cane” or “lake”).\u00a0 In “dtuilte<\/strong>,” the “t” is eclipsed (covered over), so it is silent.<\/p>\n

“Tuile<\/strong>” is also the verbal noun of the verb “tuil,” so it can be used to say that a river is flooding (T\u00e1 an abhainn ag tuile<\/strong>) or that the tide is overflowing (T\u00e1 an taoide ag tuile<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Now some more examples :<\/p>\n

tuile dheor<\/strong>, a flood of tears<\/p>\n

sruth tuile<\/strong>, flood-tide<\/p>\n

dam\u00e1iste \u00f3 thuilte<\/strong>, flood damage, lit. damage from floods; note the use of the preposition<\/p>\n

maidhm tuile<\/strong>, a flash flood; a completely different word, “tulca<\/strong>,” also means “flash flood”<\/p>\n

tuilemh\u00e1<\/strong>, a flood plain (tuile + m(h)\u00e1<\/strong>); this “mh” has a “w” or “v” sound, depending on dialect<\/p>\n

b\u00f3thar faoi thuile<\/strong>, road flooded (writing you might see on a road sign)<\/p>\n

Baol Tuilte<\/strong>, danger of flooding (i.e. the road is liable to flooding)<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 tuile san abhainn<\/strong>, The river is in flood<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an tuile ag tr\u00e1<\/strong>, The flood is receding, from the verb “tr\u00e1igh<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

And how about a few other words connected to flooding , to match up. \u00a0They’re fairly clear-cut, I’d say, so I think they’ll sort themselves out without an answer key.<\/p>\n

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  1. leibh\u00e9<\/strong> a. high water mark<\/li>\n
  2. m\u00e1la gainimh<\/strong> b. silt<\/li>\n
  3. damba<\/strong> c. levee<\/li>\n
  4. siolta<\/strong> d. sand bag<\/li>\n
  5. l\u00edne bharr l\u00e1in<\/strong> e. dam<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And, to wrap up, let’s use a seanfhocal<\/strong> to introduce a seanfhocal<\/strong>, since, after all, “N\u00ed shara\u00edtear seanfhocal<\/strong>.” \u00a0Here is a flood-related one:<\/p>\n

    N\u00edl tuile d\u00e1 mh\u00e9ad nach dtr\u00e1nn<\/strong>, lit. there isn’t a flood, however big, that doesn’t recede, or more flowingly, All floods eventually recede.\u00a0 In other words, bad scenarios don’t last forever.<\/p>\n

    Hopefully that seanfhocal<\/strong> will provide some source of hope or comfort.\u00a0 SGF<\/strong>, and “misneach<\/strong>” to the people affected. — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

    N\u00f3ta<\/strong>: The difference between “An D\u00edle<\/strong>” and “an tuile rua<\/strong>“?\u00a0 “An D\u00edle<\/strong>” (note the upper-case letters) is the Biblical Flood\u00a0 and \u00a0tuile rua<\/strong>” simply refers to an intense flood or deluge.\u00a0 \u00a0We may also see “an d\u00edle<\/strong>” (lower-case) sometimes\u00a0 for a general deluge or flood but in my experience, “tuile<\/strong>” is the more general term, sometimes intensified by “mh\u00f3r<\/strong>”\u00a0 or “rua<\/strong>” or some other adjective, and “An D\u00edle<\/strong>” is capitalized and refers to the Biblical Flood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

    (le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Like many people, I’m very concerned about the amount of flooding in Ireland.\u00a0 Not being any sort of innealt\u00f3ir sibhialta, hidreola\u00ed, or c\u00e9ad fhreagr\u00f3ir, I think the most I can to is “mo chuid imn\u00ed a l\u00e9iri\u00fa” and provide some vocabulary for discussing the situation. First, let’s start with the word for flood…<\/p>\n

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