{"id":8046,"date":"2016-06-21T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2016-07-03T19:43:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:43:45","slug":"ta-na-madrai-ag-barking-growling-whining-yowling-and-more-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ta-na-madrai-ag-barking-growling-whining-yowling-and-more-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1 na madra\u00ed ag … — barking, growling, whining, yowling, and more, in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the last blog (nasc th\u00edos)<\/strong>, we heard a dog’s assessment of human vs. canine communication, straight from the dog’s mouth, as it were, since the piece was written in “first canine.”<\/p>\n

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Since I just finished reading a heartwarming book of dog stories, set mostly in Wales, I noticed I few more terms that could have been included.\u00a0 In this blogpost, we’ll look a little further at the words from last time and add a few more.\u00a0 The book, by the way, was A Dog Called Gelert and Other Stories<\/em>, by Joyce Stranger (actually Joyce Muriel Wilson, 1924-2007), published by Corgi (how appropriate); I read the 1973 edition.\u00a0 It’s not about the historical\/legendary Gelert of Beddgelert fame, although that dog does provide some inspiration for a modern-day child.\u00a0 It’s about contemporary (1970s-ish) relationships between dogs and their owners.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the book also referred to horses “yickering.”\u00a0 That caught my attention too, since I’m used to horses “whickering” and “nickering,” but I don’t remember “yickering.”\u00a0 An bhfuil an Ghaeilge air sin ag duine ar bith anseo?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s a list of some dog sounds, with some pronunciation tips and sample sentences or phrases.<\/p>\n

a) ag tafann<\/strong>, barking<\/p>\n

Sampla: T\u00e1 an madra ag tafann ar an ngada\u00ed.\u00a0<\/strong> (Could also say: leis an ngada\u00ed).<\/p>\n

This verb isn’t usually conjugated (like the situation with “s\u00fagradh” and a handful of other Irish verbs).\u00a0 So we use it with the verb “to be,” as in: B\u00edonn \/ Bh\u00ed \/ Beidh \/ Bheadh \/ Bh\u00edodh an madra ag tafann, srl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

b) ag amhastra\u00edl<\/strong> [OW-streel], barking; sometimes “amhastrach<\/strong>” [OW-strukh], with the “ow” as in “cow” or “now.” I can’t say I’ve heard this used much, but I can say that it’s an ordinary verb in that it has all the usual forms: Amhastra\u00edonn s\u00e9, D’amhastraigh s\u00e9, Amhastr\u00f3idh s\u00e9, srl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sampla (le foirm eile f\u00f3s don ainmfhocal briathartha, “ag amhastraigh”): Cad a bheadh n\u00e1 [sic] tr\u00ed cinn de \u00f3gghadharaibh gunna an ridire Colltais tamall uaim soir agus iad ag amhastraigh go te uatha anoir orm.<\/strong> (Sc\u00e9alta Andeas<\/em> [sic], 1920, Oireachtas, Connradh na Gaeilge, \u00f3 “Sc\u00e9al Mhicil U\u00ed Chuill” le B. M. C. (n\u00f3 “M. M. C.”, neamhshoil\u00e9ir) .i. Conchubhar \u00d3 Deasmhumhna.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a noun (amhastrach madra eile<\/strong>), we could also have: M\u00e1 chloiseann madra amh\u00e1in amhastrach madra eile, ‘chuile sheans go dtos\u00f3idh an ch\u00e9ad mhadra ag amhastrach freisin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

c) ag tafann<\/strong> or ag amhastra\u00edl<\/strong>, baying. The object on which the dog is focused tells us how to translate this; both phrases can mean “barking” or “baying.”<\/p>\n

Sampla: T\u00e1 an madra ag tafann leis an ngealach.\u00a0<\/strong> (Or: … ag amhastra\u00edl leis an ngealach<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

d) ag ligean sceimhe<\/strong> [SHKEV-uh], yelping, yapping (lit. “letting out\/releasing a yelp \/ a yap”). This can also simply mean “bark,” but with “tafann<\/strong>” and “amhastra\u00edl<\/strong>” already serving for “bark,” I’d differentiate the sounds whenever possible.<\/p>\n

Sampla: I do bhar\u00fal, c\u00e9n s\u00f3rt madra\u00ed a bh\u00edonns ag ligean sceimhe agus c\u00e9n s\u00f3rt madra\u00ed a bh\u00edonns ag tafann go domhain agus go hathshondach?<\/strong><\/p>\n

e) ag ligean s\u00e9ine<\/strong> [SHAY-ny<\/sup>uh], yelping, yapping. Again, this uses “ligean<\/strong>” (letting out, releasing) to make the phrase. “Ag ligean s\u00e9ine<\/strong>” can also mean “squealing,” “whining,” and “whistling: (of the wind; people whistling is usually: ag feada\u00edl<\/strong> [egg FAD-eel])<\/p>\n

Sampla:\u00a0 C\u00e9 chomh minic is a bh\u00edonns madra\u00ed ag ligean s\u00e9ine sa scann\u00e1n _Iasc A dTugtar Wanda Uirthi_ (m\u00e1s f\u00e9idir liom Gaeilge a chur ar an teideal).\u00a0 Hmmm, “uirthi”?\u00a0 ‘Sea, “uirthi,” is d\u00f3cha, b’fh\u00e9idir “air” — n\u00ed cuimhin liom gn\u00e9as an \u00e9isc! An freagra th\u00edos de r\u00e9ir URL amh\u00e1in a dt\u00e1inig m\u00e9 air.<\/strong><\/p>\n

f) ag geona\u00edl<\/strong> [egg Gy<\/sup>OH-neel], whimpering. This can also mean “whining,” although I feel there actually is a difference in the sounds.<\/p>\n

Sampla: T\u00e1 an coile\u00e1n tr\u00e9igthe ag geona\u00edl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

g) ag cur drannt\u00e1in as \/ aisti<\/strong>, growling (lit. putting a growl out of him\/her),<\/p>\n

Sampla: T\u00e1 an bhitseach (madra baineann) ag cur drannt\u00e1in aisti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

h) ag drannadh<\/strong>, [eg DRAHN-uh], snarling.\u00a0 Interesting that in Irish, “growling” and “snarling” share a common root (“drann<\/strong>~”) but in English they’re completely different words.\u00a0 But much difference is there technically, anyway?\u00a0 A Choineolaithe (leis an nuafhocal a d’\u00fas\u00e1id m\u00e9 sa bhlag 31 I\u00fail 2014 a \u00fas\u00e1id ar\u00eds, nasc th\u00edos)<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Sampla: Bh\u00ed na madra\u00ed taiscumair ag drannadh leis na creachad\u00f3ir\u00ed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

i) ag geona\u00edl<\/strong>, whining; there are about 20 ways to say “whining” in Irish (blogworthy in their own right), but for now, I’ll just note that the most basic for dogs seems to be “geona\u00edl<\/strong>,” the same as for “whimpering.”<\/p>\n

Sampla: Bh\u00ed an coile\u00e1n a bh\u00ed gafa sa bhf\u00e1l sreinge ag geona\u00edl.\u00a0 Ar an dea-uair, tarrth\u00e1ladh \u00e9.\u00a0 B’fh\u00e9idir gur th\u00e1inig Eldad \u00f3 “Hope for Paws”!<\/strong><\/p>\n

j) ag ligean uaille<\/strong> [OO-il-yuh], yowling<\/p>\n

Sampla: “Cad \u00e9 an difear idir a bheith “ag ligean uaille” agus a bheith “ag ligean glaime”?” “D’fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1 go mb\u00edonn an ‘ghlam’ n\u00edos doimhne ach is f\u00e9idir<\/strong> ‘yowling’\u00a0a chur ar an d\u00e1 fhr\u00e1sa.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

k) ag ligean uaille<\/strong> OR ag ligean glaime<\/strong>, howling.<\/p>\n

Sampla: An gcloistear c\u00fa ag ligean uaille go minic sa leabhar C\u00fa na mBaskerville<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

and finally, if we want to get a bit latinate in our translations,<\/p>\n

l) ag ligean uaille<\/strong> (using the word “uaill<\/strong>” once again!) OR ag scr\u00e9achadh<\/strong>, ululating. “Ag ligean uaille<\/strong>” also means “yelling” and “ag scr\u00e9achadh<\/strong>” also means “shrieking” or “screeching.”<\/p>\n

Sampla: “D’ardaigh Eric a cheann agus d’\u00e9irigh leis uaill lag a ligean le bualadh ar a bh\u00e9al oscailte lena l\u00e1mh.”\u00a0 \u00a0C\u00e9n leabhar ar tharla s\u00e9 sin ann?\u00a0 (Freagra th\u00edos). \u00a0Ar nd\u00f3igh, buachaill, n\u00ed madra, at\u00e1 i gceist anseo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And of course, that’s not all.\u00a0 There’s always “ag glama\u00edl<\/strong>,” which can mean the following: barking, baying, howling, shouting or roaring.\u00a0 And no doubt there are more.\u00a0\u00a0 Molta\u00ed ag duine ar bith n\u00f3 madra\u00ed ar bith a bhfuil caint acu?\u00a0 A Wishbone?\u00a0 A Astro?\u00a0 A Scooby?\u00a0 A Mh\u00e1rta?\u00a0 A Shadow?\u00a0 A Chance?\u00a0 A Ghaspode?\u00a0 A Bharnabas?\u00a0 A Fluffy?<\/strong>\u00a0 Oops, c\u00e9 go bhfuil tr\u00ed cheann ag Fluffy, n\u00ed sh\u00edlim go bhfuil caint ag ceann ar bith acu<\/strong>! –It’s always fun to learn this kind of vocabulary (mo bhar\u00fail f\u00e9in, p\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9, agus t\u00e1 s\u00fail agam gur bhain tusa sult as freisin<\/strong>.\u00a0 R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

e) Ceithre huaire, de r\u00e9ir<\/strong> http:\/\/www.subzin.com\/quotes\/M10372fe6d\/A+Fish+Called+Wanda\/(dog+yaps)<\/p>\n

l) Tiarna na gCuileanna le<\/strong> William Golding<\/p>\n

Naisc:<\/strong>
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