{"id":8105,"date":"2016-06-28T01:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T01:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8105"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:04:38","slug":"irish-phrases-and-idioms-using-red-white-and-blue-dearg-ban-gorm-pt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/irish-phrases-and-idioms-using-red-white-and-blue-dearg-ban-gorm-pt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Phrases and Idioms Using ‘Red,’ ‘White,’ and ‘Blue’ (Dearg, B\u00e1n, Gorm), pt. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This will be the last of our three-part series on color phrases and idioms with red, white, and blue.\u00a0 “Red” and “white” have been covered in the two previous blogposts.\u00a0 Now it’s time for “gorm<\/strong>” (blue).\u00a0 Someday, of course, we may continue this with other colors, but for now, these three will do.<\/p>\n

\"riabha<\/a>

riabha dearga agus b\u00e1na le c\u00falra a bhfuil cruthanna ubhchruthacha, i st\u00edl eala\u00edn s\u00fal, ann: (grafaic: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/patriotic-red-white-blue-stripes-943741\/)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

As we did with “red” and “white,” we’ll start with the basics, some of the forms of the word itself, and then some phrases and idioms.<\/p>\n

“Gorm<\/strong>” can appear as “ghorm<\/strong>,” “gorma<\/strong>,” and “ghorma<\/strong>” for starters.\u00a0 There actually are a few more forms, sa tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>, but those will have to wait for another day.<\/p>\n

a) gorm<\/strong> [GOR-um, remember the extra “uh” sound that doesn’t show up in the spelling]<\/p>\n

p\u00e1ip\u00e9ar gorm<\/strong>, blue paper<\/p>\n

bosca gorm<\/strong>, blue box<\/p>\n

An Siondr\u00f3m Gorm Leana\u00ed<\/strong>, Blue Baby Syndrome, lit. the blue syndrome of babies<\/p>\n

A few extended meanings are:<\/p>\n

bl\u00e1thach<\/strong> [BLAW-hukh] ghorm<\/strong>, bluish, i.e. inferior, buttermilk<\/p>\n

bainne gorm<\/strong>, watery (bluish) milk<\/p>\n

Agus c\u00fapla fr\u00e1sa<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

gorm leis an bhfuacht<\/strong>, very cold, lit. blue with the cold<\/p>\n

chomh gorm le pl\u00fair\u00edn<\/strong>, as blue as indigo<\/p>\n

b) ghorm<\/strong> is used when the noun is feminine and singular:<\/p>\n

b\u00e9chuil ghorm str\u00edocach<\/strong>, common blue damselfly (common bluet), lit. striped blue damselfly, which contrasts with “cuil ghorm<\/strong>” for “bluebottle-fly”<\/p>\n

bratach ghorm<\/strong>, blue flag<\/p>\n

br\u00f3g ghorm<\/strong>, blue shoe (singular)<\/p>\n

c\u00e1is ghorm<\/strong>, blue cheese<\/p>\n

cloch ghorm<\/strong>, bluestone<\/p>\n

scr\u00e9ach\u00f3g ghorm<\/strong>, blue jay<\/p>\n

l\u00e9ine ghorm<\/strong>, blue shirt, could be an ordinary blue shirt, or could refer to a member of “Lucht na L\u00e9inte Gorma<\/strong>” (The Blueshirts)<\/p>\n

This “gh” sound, by the way, isn’t in English, but it has been discussed pretty thoroughly in other blogposts (naisc th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

c) gorma<\/strong>, the plural form used, in my estimation, about 95% of the time; examples include:<\/p>\n

bosca\u00ed gorma<\/strong>, blue boxes<\/p>\n

j\u00edons gorma<\/strong>, blue jeans<\/p>\n

bratacha gorma<\/strong>, blue flags; note that even the phrases that use “ghorm<\/strong>” in the singular may use “gorma<\/strong>” in the plural:<\/p>\n

b\u00e9chuileanna gorma str\u00edocacha<\/strong>, common blue damselflies<\/p>\n

cuileanna gorma<\/strong>, bluebottle flies<\/p>\n

br\u00f3ga gorma<\/strong>, blue shoes<\/p>\n

scr\u00e9ach\u00f3ga gorma<\/strong>, blue jays<\/p>\n

d) ghorma<\/strong>, the last of the four forms for today’s blogpost, used in phrases like:<\/p>\n

b\u00e1id ghorma<\/strong>, blue boats<\/p>\n

cup\u00e1in ghorma<\/strong>, blue cups<\/p>\n

We use “ghorma<\/strong>” instead of “gorma<\/strong>” when the plural forms are created by inserting the letter “i” before the final consonant.\u00a0 The final consonant now becomes “slender” (caol) and that’s why the pattern changes.<\/p>\n

One very prominent aspect\u00a0of the word “gorm<\/strong>,” somewhat beyond our scope here but very important, is the use of “gorm<\/strong>” for “black,” regarding skin-tone, as in the following: duine gorm, fear gorm, bean ghorm, daoine gorma<\/strong>.\u00a0 Among the many uses of this, we have:<\/p>\n

Comhlachas na nDl\u00edod\u00f3ir\u00ed Gorma<\/strong>, Black Lawyers Association, pronounced “KOH-luh-khus nun-LEE-uh-doh-irzh<\/sup>-ee GOR-um-uh”<\/p>\n

Bhuel, that takes care of some usages of “gorm<\/strong>” for “blue,” or occasionally “black,” and I guess I’ll wrap it up before it sends me into a brown study.\u00a0 Hopefully, no amount of vocabulary meanderings would ever actually put me into a blue funk, no matter how convoluted or nondisambiguatable!<\/p>\n

BTW, a “blue funk” isn’t usually “blue” in Irish.\u00a0 It could be “dubh<\/strong>” as in “lionn dubh<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Or it could not even be a color term, as in the words “scaoll<\/strong>” (also: panic, alarm), “sc\u00e9in<\/strong>” (also: fright, terror) or “critheagla<\/strong>” (lit. shaking-fear).\u00a0 Nor are “brown studies” typically “brown” in Irish, ach sin \u00e1bhar blagmh\u00edre eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. \u00a0Hmm, c\u00e9n Ghaeilge a bheadh ar an <\/strong>Blue Man Group d\u00e1 gcuirf\u00ed Gaeilge air? \u00a0Do bhar\u00fail? \u00a0T\u00e1 cl\u00fa orthu ar fud an domhain–an aistr\u00edtear ainm an Ghr\u00fapa?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc: Fuaimni\u00fa an “gh” sna focail “ghorm” agus “ghorma” agus freisin i bhfocail agus i bhfr\u00e1sa\u00ed mar iad seo a leanas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

le “gh”: “an Ghaeilge,” “Mo ghr\u00e1 th\u00fa!,” agus “A Ghr\u00e1inne!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

le “dh” (an fhuaim ch\u00e9anna): “b\u00f3 dhonn,” “A dhaoine uaisle!”<\/strong>
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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) This will be the last of our three-part series on color phrases and idioms with red, white, and blue.\u00a0 “Red” and “white” have been covered in the two previous blogposts.\u00a0 Now it’s time for “gorm” (blue).\u00a0 Someday, of course, we may continue this with other colors, but for now, these three will do…<\/p>\n

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