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<\/a>grafaic: cuid den phicti\u00far de Naomh I\u00f3saef le Jos\u00e9 de Ribera (1591-1652), bearrtha don dearadh seo; [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ABrooklyn_Museum_-_Saint_Joseph_with_the_Flowering_Rod_-_Jusepe_de_Ribera_-_overall.jpg<\/em><\/p><\/div>(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) <\/strong><\/p>\n We’ve recently looked at 10 Irish names for boys, and 5 for girls (naisc th\u00edos<\/strong>), and of course there are hundreds more we could cover.\u00a0 We’ll at least balance out the count with 5 more names for girls soon.<\/p>\n But for this blog post, let’s look again at those two quotes from the Bible that we used to illustrate the biblical form of the name Joseph, which is “I\u00f3saef<\/strong>” or “I\u00f3saf<\/strong>,” not “Seosamh<\/strong>,” in Irish.\u00a0 Biblical language is a major notch above the typical “Dia-dhuit-C\u00e9n-chaoi-a bhfuil-t\u00fa<\/strong>” types of conversations that we might hear in everyday life. so the quotes might deserve a closer look.\u00a0 Of course, we can easily just look up the text in an English-language Bible, but it would be interesting to do a literal translation, with a glossary.<\/p>\n So let’s start with “Matha 1:20<\/strong>,” which confirms for us that there is no special direct address form of “I\u00f3saef<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n “Ag machnamh ar an m\u00e9id sin d\u00f3, \u00e1fach, thaispe\u00e1in aingeal \u00f3n Tiarna \u00e9 f\u00e9in do\u00a0<\/strong>[sic]\u00a0i mbriongl\u00f3id agus d\u00fairt: ‘A I\u00f3saef, a mhic Dh\u00e1iv\u00ed, n\u00e1 b\u00edodh eagla ort do bhean ch\u00e9ile Muire a thabhairt abhaile leat, \u00f3ir, an leanbh at\u00e1 gafa aici, is \u00f3n Spiorad Naomh \u00e9.'” (Matha 1:20; NB: an litri\u00fa “do” in\u00a0An B\u00edobla Naofa<\/em>, Maigh Nuad: An Sagart, 1981, 2000)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n machnamh<\/strong>, thinking, reflecting<\/p>\n d\u00f3<\/strong>, to him<\/p>\n Note the structure of the phrase, which in English would probably start with “as” or “while.”\u00a0 In Irish, the phrase starts immediately with “ag machnamh<\/strong>” (thinking) and ends with “d\u00f3<\/strong>” (to him), so we could translate it literally as “thinking about that [that amount] to him,” which means, “while he was thinking about that.”\u00a0 This a very typical structure in Irish, essentially using forms of the pronoun “do” (dom, duit, d\u00f3, di, srl.), to suggest the “while” or “as” aspect.\u00a0 Another example would be, “Ag si\u00fal abhaile dom …” (As I was walking home …).<\/p>\n \u00e1fach<\/strong>, however<\/p>\n thaispe\u00e1in<\/strong>, showed<\/p>\n do<\/strong>: I assume this is “d\u00f3<\/strong>” (to him) so the phrase would be: An angel of\/from the Lord appeared to him<\/p>\n briongl\u00f3id<\/strong>, a dream<\/p>\n “A I\u00f3saef, a mhic Dh\u00e1iv\u00ed”<\/strong>: “Joseph, son of David” (in direct address).\u00a0 “David” is another name that has at least two versions in Irish, “D\u00e1ith\u00ed<\/strong>,” the more everyday, and “D\u00e1iv\u00ed<\/strong>,” usually the biblical but which can also be a given name for a boy.<\/p>\n n\u00e1 b\u00edodh eagla ort<\/strong>: Don’t be afraid, lit. “Let there not be fear on you …”.\u00a0 A nice example of the negative imperative, in the third person.\u00a0 Instead of literally saying, “Let you not be afraid,” the word “fear” becomes the subject of the sentence.<\/p>\n a thabhairt leat<\/strong>: to bring, lit. to “give” with you There are at least 50 ways to say “to bring” in Irish, depending on the exact context, but one of the most basic combines “tabhair<\/strong>” (give) with a form of “le<\/strong>” (with).\u00a0\u00a0 AFAIK, there’s no single word in Irish (that is, without using a preposition, like “le<\/strong>“) that simply means ” bring.”\u00a0\u00a0 Another example would be, “An dtabharfaidh t\u00fa an bascaed picnice leat?” (Will you bring the picnic basket?).<\/p>\n \u00f3ir<\/strong>: because (mostly used in a literary context, not everyday speech)<\/p>\n gafa<\/strong>: from the verb “gabh<\/strong>,” which can be translated about a 100 different ways.\u00a0 The most basic include “take,” “catch,” “seize,” “assume,” “receive,” “sing,” “go,” and “proceed,” and in the appropriate context, it can mean “conceive.” So the form “gafa<\/strong>” (grammatically, an aidiacht bhriathartha <\/strong>\/ the verbal adjective, aka past participle) means “conceived.”<\/p>\n Most of the rest of the vocabulary in that passage is fairly basic, depending of course on when you started learning Irish.<\/p>\n Now let’s look at the second quote (Geineasas 50:23<\/strong>)<\/p>\n Chonaic I\u00f3saef an tr\u00ed\u00fa gl\u00fain de shliocht Eafr\u00e1im, agus chonaic s\u00e9 leis clann Mh\u00e1ic\u00edr mac Mhanaise a rugadh in ucht I\u00f3saef. (Geineasas 50:23)<\/strong><\/p>\n gl\u00fain: <\/strong>this intriguing word means both “knee” and “generation”<\/p>\n an tr\u00ed\u00fa gl\u00fain: <\/strong>the third generation (unless we’re talking about someone with three or more knees, perhaps an “eachtardhomhandach<\/strong>” of some sort, or, of course a quadruped — hmm, do all quadrupeds have knees though?\u00a0 I’ll have to ask my zoologist friends, all one of them, unless somebody else shows up on this list with an answer).\u00a0 As for *tr\u00edchois\u00edocht (tripedalism) as such, there are, of course the tripod fishes (Ipnopidae<\/em>), which have three leg-like fins that they appear to walk on, but I don’t think they have knees. \u00a0As for “*tr\u00edchois\u00edocht,” the word, it’s another one I’ve found no evidence of online anywhere, so I may well have coined it, though it seems a shoo-in, based on “*d\u00e9chois\u00edocht” (bipedalism). \u00a0Not a “shoe-in,” by the way, since that would require one and a half pairs (p\u00e9ire go leith), one for each “gl\u00fain.” \u00a0But, oh, right, we’re talking about “generations,” not “knees.”<\/p>\n Eafr\u00e1im<\/strong>: Ephraim.\u00a0 As a 4th-declension noun, the “i” is built in, so there’s no separate tuiseal ginideach<\/strong> for this name.\u00a0 I do note two slightly different spellings though, Eafr\u00e1im and Eafr\u00e1\u00edm.<\/p>\n M\u00e1ic\u00edr, <\/strong>as in “clann Mh\u00e1ic\u00edr” <\/strong>(the children of Machir).\u00a0 <\/strong>This name doesn’t change at the end to show possession either, like Eafr\u00e1im, <\/strong>both being 4th-declension, but it does undergo lenition, so “M\u00e1ic\u00edr” <\/strong>[MAWK-irzh<\/sup>] changes to “Mh\u00e1ic\u00edr<\/strong>” [WAWK-irzh<\/sup>].\u00a0 This would be a standard change, that we would also see in phrases like “clann Mh\u00e1irt\u00edn” <\/strong>or “clann Mh\u00e1ire.”\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n mac Mhanaise<\/strong>, the son of Manasseh, again showing lenition of the name “Manaise.”\u00a0 <\/strong>This name is also 4th-declension, but there wouldn’t be any further change anyway, since the name ends in a vowel (like “Barra” or “Cairbre” or “D\u00e1ith\u00ed” or “\u00c9anna,” <\/strong>there’s no further change at the end of the word when the name ends in a vowel).<\/p>\n a rugadh <\/strong>[uh RUG-uh, not like English “rug” but more like the vowel in English “rook” or “book” or “put.” The “dh,” anyway, is silent.], was born<\/p>\n ucht: <\/strong>the most basic meaning is “chest” (of the human body) or “lap” (again, of the human body, not as in dogs drinking water). In this case, it’s not a case of male pregnancy and and of some random part of a man’s body serving as the “birth canal,” as happened with Athena, who emerged from Zeus’s forehead, admittedly, after he had swallowed her pregnant mother, ach sin sc\u00e9al eile<\/strong>.\u00a0 Or Dionysus being born from Zeus’s thigh, which had served as a surrogate womb, after the mother of the yet unborn Dionysus, Semele, died.\u00a0 Ach sin sc\u00e9al eile freisin. <\/strong><\/p>\n Leaving behind miotaseola\u00edocht na Gr\u00e9ige <\/strong>and returning to the Irish quote, the sense of “ucht” <\/strong>here is more closely related to the Irish “uchtaigh<\/strong>” (adopt), with the idea that taking a child to your chest or lap was like calling him or her your own.<\/p>\n Bhuel, <\/strong>hopefully that added a little more clarification to those two biblical passages, quoted in the earlier blogpost to show that the name “I\u00f3saef” <\/strong>doesn’t change for direct address or to show possession.\u00a0 And, of course, they’re interesting in their own right. Sin \u00e9 don bhlagmh\u00edr seo.\u00a0 Aon ainm ar leith a bhfuil suim agat ann – a ch\u00falra, an fuaimni\u00fa, a fhoirmeacha, srl.?\u00a0 M\u00e1 t\u00e1, scr\u00edobh isteach agus d\u00e9anfaidh m\u00e9 mo dh\u00edcheall do cheisteanna a fhreagairt. SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n Naisc:\u00a0<\/strong> Five Irish Names for Boys: Pronunciation and Meaning (Alabhaois, \u00c9adbhard, Feardorcha, R\u00f3n\u00e1n, Tiarn\u00e1n)<\/a> Posted on 31. Mar, 2016 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/five-irish-names-for-boys-pronunciation-and-meaning-alabhaois-eadbhard-feardorcha-ronan-tiarnan\/) (le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) We’ve recently looked at 10 Irish names for boys, and 5 for girls (naisc th\u00edos), and of course there are hundreds more we could cover.\u00a0 We’ll at least balance out the count with 5 more names for girls soon. But for this blog post, let’s look again at those two quotes from the…<\/p>\n
\nIrish Names for Girls: Pronunciation and Meaning (Bl\u00e1thnaid, Faoiltiarna, Fionnuala, Sadhbh, Saoirse)<\/a> Posted on 29. Mar, 2016 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/irish-names-for-girls-pronunciation-and-meaning-blathnaid-faoiltiarna-fionnuala-sadhbh-saoirse\/)<\/p>\n
\nAnd the continuations:
\n1) Five More Irish Names for Boys \u2013 Se\u00e1n, S\u00e9amas, Seosamh, Liam, M\u00edche\u00e1l, Pt. 1: Se\u00e1n, \u2018sea, ach sa tuiseal gairmeach agus sa tuiseal ginideach?<\/a> Posted on 05. Apr, 2016 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/five-more-irish-names-for-boys-sean-seamas-seosamh-liam-micheal-pt-1-sean-sea-ach-sa-tuiseal-gairmeach-agus-sa-tuiseal-ginideach\/)
\n2) Five More Irish Names for Boys \u2013 Se\u00e1n, S\u00e9amas, Seosamh, Liam, M\u00edche\u00e1l, Pt. 2: S\u00e9amas, Seosamh<\/a> Posted on 10. Apr, 2016 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/five-more-irish-names-for-boys-sean-seamas-seosamh-liam-micheal-pt-2-seamas-seosamh\/)
\n3) Five More Irish Names for Boys \u2013 Se\u00e1n, S\u00e9amas, Seosamh, Liam, M\u00edche\u00e1l, Pt. 3: Liam, M\u00edche\u00e1l<\/a> Posted on 14. Apr, 2016 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/five-more-irish-names-for-boys-sean-seamas-seosamh-liam-micheal-pt-3-liam-micheal\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"