{"id":8130,"date":"2016-07-06T10:27:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T10:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8130"},"modified":"2016-07-16T01:55:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T01:55:37","slug":"madrai-teo-no-brocairi-teo-i-seasur-na-mbearbaiciunna-hot-dogs-and-more-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/madrai-teo-no-brocairi-teo-i-seasur-na-mbearbaiciunna-hot-dogs-and-more-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Madra\u00ed teo n\u00f3 brocair\u00ed teo i s\u00e9as\u00far na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna (hot dogs, and more, in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hot dogs or hot terriers?\u00a0 Hmm. \u00a0Madra\u00ed teo n\u00f3 brocair\u00ed teo?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Focal<\/a>

Focal beag amh\u00e1in, “te,” ann n\u00f3 as, difear m\u00f3r sa chiall. (grafaic\u00ed: brocaire te: :\/\/www.clipartpal.com\/clipart_pd\/cartoon\/blackandwhite_10131.html, an brocaire \/ madra: http:\/\/www.clipartpal.com\/clipart_pd\/animal\/dog\/e_10312.html)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

One phrase of the two phrases above simply means dogs who are hot, mar<\/strong> shampla,<\/strong>\u00a0madra\u00ed fadfhionnaidh, iad b’fh\u00e9idir amuigh faoin aer l\u00e1 te, b’fh\u00e9idir sa ghaineamhlach n\u00f3 i st\u00e1t mar <\/strong>Arizona n\u00f3 <\/strong>New Mexico n\u00f3 i dt\u00edr mar Mhail\u00ed at\u00e1 ar cheann de na t\u00edortha is teo ar domhan. \u00a0Ba ch\u00f3ir d\u00fainn uisce a thabhairt do na madra\u00ed sin mar n\u00ed f\u00e9idir leo allas a chur.\u00a0 T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 dh\u00f3igh ag madra\u00ed iad f\u00e9in a fhuar\u00fa — a bheith ag \u00f3l uisce agus saothar a bheith orthu.<\/strong>\u00a0 So that’s the “madra\u00ed teo<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

But brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong> are another matter altogether, at least as long as bia<\/strong> is the topic of conversation.\u00a0 Which it may well be , since this month, I\u00fail<\/strong>, is s\u00e9as\u00far na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna<\/strong>. \u00a0“Brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>” is the Irish for “hot dogs,” but the phrase is based on the word “brocaire<\/strong>,” a terrier, or even more literally, a “badger-dog,” which, incidentally, is what “Dachshund<\/em>” means when translated literally from the German (Dachs<\/em>, badger + Hund<\/em>, hound\/dog).<\/p>\n

So let’s back up a little with the word “brocaire<\/strong>.”\u00a0 It’s based on “broc<\/strong>” (badger) and the suffix “-aire<\/strong>,” which frequently indicates an occupation, as in\u00a0“iascaire<\/strong>” (fisher) or “ateangaire<\/strong>” (interpreter).\u00a0 Here are its basic forms:<\/p>\n

broc<\/strong>, a badger<\/p>\n

an broc<\/strong>, the badger<\/p>\n

broic<\/strong>, of a badger (dathanna broic<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

an bhroi<\/strong>c, of the badger (brocach an bhroic<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

broic<\/strong>, badgers<\/p>\n

na broic<\/strong>, the badgers<\/p>\n

broc<\/strong>, of badgers (dathanna broc<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

na mbroc<\/strong>, of the badgers (brocacha na mbroc<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

“Broc<\/strong>” is an especially interesting word since it is the same or nearly the same the other Celtic languages, in Scottish Gaelic (broc, pl: bruic<\/em>), Manx (broc, brock, pl: brockyn<\/em>), Cornish (brogh, pl: broghes<\/em>), Breton (broc’h, pl: broc’hed<\/em>), Welsh (broch, pl: brochod<\/em>,\u00a0also called a “daearfochyn<\/em>” or a “mochyn daear<\/em>,” lit. ground pig, with “daeargi<\/em>,” lit. ground dog, being the Welsh for “terrier,” but sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The word “brock” even shows up in English, mostly regional or dialect, as the word “badger” is perfectly well-known, and presumably more official. \u00a0“Brock” in English can, or at least used to, also mean\u00a0a “stinking person,” especially one with a dirty or smudged (badgerish-colored) face. \u00a0There’s also Tommy Brock, from Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mr. Tod<\/em>, where Brock is an evil bunnynapper and potential bunnivore. \u00a0No, those words aren’t newly coined here, but, admittedly, they aren’t very widely used. \u00a0\u00a0In a more noble guise, “brock” appears in the name “Lord Brocktree,” from the late Brian Jacques’ engaging Redwall series. \u00a0In a more recent vein there was (is?) “Brockzilla” (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), making at least 10 neologisms based on “-zilla,” not counting the original Godzilla.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, reapproaching our main subject at hand, hot dogs and terriers. \u00a0The Irish word for a “terrier” is “brocaire<\/strong>” since certain breeds were bred to hunt badgers, digging down into their “setts” (brocacha<\/strong>) to find them.\u00a0 Sounds quite “cont\u00fairteach<\/strong>” to me!\u00a0 The word “terrier,” on the other hand, indicates a dog that digs in the earth (“terra<\/em>“), since that was how the dogs hunted various animals considered “m\u00edolra<\/strong>” (vermin), like “francaigh<\/strong>” (rats) and “broic<\/strong>” (badgers).<\/p>\n

For “brocaire<\/strong>” itself, we have the following forms:<\/p>\n

brocaire<\/strong>, a terrier<\/p>\n

an brocaire<\/strong>, the terrier<\/p>\n

brocaire<\/strong>, of a terrier (same as above)<\/p>\n

an bhrocaire<\/strong>, of the terrier (creach an bhrocaire<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

brocair\u00ed<\/strong>, terriers<\/p>\n

na brocair\u00ed<\/strong>, the terriers<\/p>\n

brocair\u00ed<\/strong>, of terriers (same as above)<\/p>\n

na mbrocair\u00ed<\/strong>, of the terriers (scil na mbrocair\u00ed, ag dul i ndiaidh a gcreach<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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When we add “te<\/strong>,” to indicate “hot dogs” (mar bhia<\/strong>), a few changes also occur to the word “te<\/strong>,” as seen below, starting with the phrase for “of the hot dog”:<\/p>\n

brocaire te,<\/strong> a hot dog<\/p>\n

an brocaire te<\/strong>, the hot dog<\/p>\n

brocaire te<\/strong>, of a hot dog (but the “b” of “brocaire<\/strong>” can change to “bh” in a phrase like: borr\u00f3g bhrocaire te<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

an bhrocaire the<\/strong>, of the hot dog (blas an bhrocaire the<\/strong>, with the “t” of “te<\/strong>” lenited, i.e. changing to “th”)<\/p>\n

brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>, hot dogs; note the unusual plural form of “te<\/strong>,” adding an “o”)<\/p>\n

na brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>, the hot dogs<\/p>\n

brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>, of hot dogs (mealltacht brocair\u00ed teo i staidiam \u00a0daorchluiche<\/strong> (le beoir le n-\u00f3l, ar nd\u00f3igh<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

na mbrocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>, of the hot dogs (do-bhithmhillteacht na mbrocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>); c\u00fapla nasc th\u00edos<\/strong> on the non-biodegradability of hot dogs, m\u00e1 t\u00e1\u00a0<\/strong>tuilleadh eolais ar an \u00e1bhar seo uait.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So that pretty much takes care of the Irish for “hot dogs.”\u00a0 One remaining topic might be the condiments often served with them.\u00a0 I think they’re pretty easy to recognize: citseap, mustard, agus anlann goinbhlasta picil\u00ed<\/strong>.\u00a0 Agus ar nd\u00f3igh, <\/em><\/strong>sauerkraut<\/em> nach bhfuil Gaeilge air ach a chialla\u00edonn<\/strong> “cab\u00e1iste searb<\/strong>h.”\u00a0 \u00d3, agus m\u00e1s veigeat\u00f3rach th\u00fa, t\u00e1 brocair\u00ed teo veigeat\u00f3racha ann freisin, iad d\u00e9anta as ruda\u00ed mar aonr\u00e1it pr\u00f3it\u00e9in soighe\u00a0agus st\u00e1irse taipi\u00f3ca, agus amanna, gealac\u00e1in uibhe (sin s\u00f3rt nach n-\u00edosfadh na veige\u00e1in<\/strong>).\u00a0 Admittedly, hot dogs as such aren’t a particularly traditional Irish food, compared to isp\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong> (sausages), but it’s a useful enough word to know, go m\u00f3r m\u00f3r do lucht labhartha na Gaeilge i Meirice\u00e1 Thuaidh.<\/strong>
\n SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong>
\nP.S. As you might have noticed, the way to say “hottest” in Irish uses the same form of “te<\/strong>” as its plural. \u00a0Both are spelled “teo<\/strong>,” and pronounced to rhyme with “beo<\/strong>” or “ceo<\/strong>.”\u00a0 So, “an t\u00edr is teo<\/strong>” means “the hottest country” (temperature-wise) while “t\u00edortha teo<\/strong>” means “hot countries.<\/p>\n

P.P.S. To sum up the grammatical features that occur throughout these forms, we have s\u00e9imhi\u00fa<\/strong> (lenition) with the forms “bhrocaire<\/strong>” and “the<\/strong>,” and ur\u00fa<\/strong> (eclipsis), with the form “mbrocair\u00ed<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Naisc:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Brockzilla”<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/zombiecoterie.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/brockzilla-badger.html<\/p>\n

do-bhithmhillteacht na mbrocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.greengood.com\/terms_to_know\/biodegradable_definitions.htm<\/p>\n

Immortal Hot Dogs, Dead Dirt, And Global Warming: The Dangers Of Not Composting Posted on\u00a0<\/span>November 19, 2013<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>brandonlal<\/a>\u00a0 by: Anna Murynka, http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/2013\/11\/19\/547\/).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Hot dogs or hot terriers?\u00a0 Hmm. \u00a0Madra\u00ed teo n\u00f3 brocair\u00ed teo? One phrase of the two phrases above simply means dogs who are hot, mar shampla,\u00a0madra\u00ed fadfhionnaidh, iad b’fh\u00e9idir amuigh faoin aer l\u00e1 te, b’fh\u00e9idir sa ghaineamhlach n\u00f3 i st\u00e1t mar Arizona n\u00f3 New Mexico n\u00f3 i dt\u00edr mar Mhail\u00ed at\u00e1 ar cheann…<\/p>\n

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