{"id":8173,"date":"2016-07-15T03:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8173"},"modified":"2016-08-10T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T11:39:39","slug":"cen-ghaeilge-ata-ar-lazy-hazy-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cen-ghaeilge-ata-ar-lazy-hazy-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar “lazy hazy crazy”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

L\u00e1r an tsamhraidh at\u00e1 ann<\/strong>.\u00a0 So it seems like a good time to pick three keywords from Nat King Cole’s “The Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” and see what they’d be in Irish.\u00a0 Not that they’re going to have the clever (-azy-azy-azy) rhyme scheme of the song, but still, vocab is vocab, and the more the merrier.<\/p>\n

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Fear in \u00e1m\u00f3g ag \u00f3l Guinness (?) agus ag \u00fas\u00e1id fean chun \u00e9 f\u00e9in a fhuar\u00fa. C\u00e9n chaoi a bhfanann t\u00fa f\u00e9in fionnuar sa samhradh? Ag snamh? Ag ligean do sc\u00edthe in \u00e1m\u00f3g? D\u00f3igh eile? — grafaic: http:\/\/www.clker.com\/clipart-man-in-hammock.html<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

So let’s start with “lazy.”<\/p>\n

Most of us probably learned how to say a person was lazy, before thinking about “lazy days.”\u00a0 So let’s review that.<\/p>\n

For lazy people, we use either the word “leisci\u00fail<\/strong>” [LESH-ky<\/sup>ool] or “falsa<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The latter I’ve heard mostly in Donegal Irish.<\/p>\n

But for a “lazy day,” it’s really a different concept, so we have some completely different word choices:<\/p>\n

l\u00e1 suaimhneach<\/strong>, a lazy day (i.e. peaceful, easy, quiet, calm)<\/p>\n

l\u00e1 s\u00e1mh<\/strong>, a lazy day (i.e. peaceful, easy, restful, etc.)<\/p>\n

l\u00e1 s\u00f3mas<\/strong>, a lazy day, lit. a day of ease \/ comfort<\/p>\n

Similarly, we could have:<\/p>\n

aimsir mharbh\u00e1nta<\/strong>, lazy weather (i.e. close, heavy, muggy weather)<\/p>\n

This might bring up the question of how do we say “lazing around\/about,” which is what we (or our cats or dogs) \u00a0might be doing on a\u00a0l\u00e1 suaimhneach<\/strong> or on a l\u00e1 s\u00e1mh<\/strong> or on a l\u00e1 s\u00f3mais<\/strong> or during aimsir mharbh\u00e1nta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some samples are:<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 siad ag glacadh a suaimhnis<\/strong>.\u00a0 They are lazing about, lit. They are “taking” their “calmness \/ composure \/ leisureliness \/ peace \/ peacefulness \/quietness \/ repose \/ restfulness \/ serenity \/ tranquility, etc.”\u00a0 There are actually about half a dozen more translations of “suaimhneas<\/strong>” but they don’t apply quite as closely here. \u00a0“Suaimhnis<\/strong>” is the “tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>” form, used here following “glacadh<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 siad ag leada\u00edocht thart<\/strong>.\u00a0 They are lazing about.<\/p>\n

If it’s our pets we’re talking about, we could say:<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 mo chait s\u00ednte amach faoin ngrian<\/strong>, lit. My cats are stretched out under the sun, or, as my dogs often manage in the winter:<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 mo mhadra s\u00ednte amach ar an bpaiste gr\u00e9ine ar an mbrat url\u00e1r sa seomra suite<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Remember, this “paiste gr\u00e9ine<\/strong>” is quite a different matter altogether from a “p\u00e1iste gr\u00e9ine<\/strong>“!\u00a0 P\u00e1iste gr\u00e9ine<\/strong>, lit. child of the sun, but it really means … (f\u00e9ach an ghluais th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

So the full sentence literally means, “My dog is stretched out on the patch of sun on the carpet in the living room.”<\/p>\n

And if there’s an implication that perhaps one should be more industrious:<\/p>\n

I l\u00e1r an tsamhraidh is fearr l\u00e9i a bheith ag leisceoireacht timpeall an t\u00ed, jin agus tonaic ina l\u00e1mh, agus an t-aerch\u00f3iritheoir ar si\u00fal n\u00e1 a bheith ag obair amuigh sa ghaird\u00edn, spuaiceanna ag teacht ar a l\u00e1mha, agus \u00ed ag cur allais sa teas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As for “hazy,” we have several choices, including:<\/p>\n

doil\u00e9ir<\/strong>, as in “amharc doil\u00e9ir<\/strong>,” lit. a “not-clear view”<\/p>\n

r\u00f3samhach<\/strong>, as in “atmaisf\u00e9ar r\u00f3samhach<\/strong>,” from “r\u00f3 s\u00e1mh”<\/strong> (a heat haze)<\/p>\n

scimeach<\/strong>, based on “scim<\/strong>” [say “shkim”], whose meanings include “a film,” “a thin coating,” and “a veil of haze or mist”<\/p>\n

sm\u00far\u00e1nta<\/strong>, based on the word “sm\u00far<\/strong>” (ash dust, rust soot, grime)<\/p>\n

And finally, more specifically about the weather:<\/p>\n

ceobhr\u00e1nach<\/strong>.\u00a0 This one is interesting because “ceobhr\u00e1n<\/strong>” is one of the standard words for “haze,” together with “ceo<\/strong>” (which also means “fog” or “mist”) and “sm\u00faite\u00e1n<\/strong>.”\u00a0 “Ceobhr\u00e1n<\/strong>” matches up with “ceobhr\u00e1nach<\/strong>\/hazy”, but another word, “ceomhar<\/strong>,” apparently is more specifically “foggy” or “misty,” not “hazy.” \u00a0I assume that thickness or density is the distinguishing factor. \u00a0And then, of course, there’s always “anraith pise<\/strong>“!<\/p>\n

If I were to separate out these meanings a little more, I’d say:<\/p>\n

ceo<\/strong>: is the most basic work for fog or mist. \u00a0But even that raises a question in my mind. \u00a0I think of mist as rising but fog as rolling in. \u00a0So, is there a technical difference, and if so, how do we differentiate this in Irish? \u00a0Ach<\/strong>, once again, sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ceobhr\u00e1n<\/strong>: means haze, mist, or light drizzle, so it suggests something lighter than ordinary “ceo<\/strong>,” which as many of you know, can be treacherously thick and impossible to see through.<\/p>\n

sm\u00faite\u00e1n<\/strong>: its basic meaning is more like “smudge” (looks like a cognate), and\u00a0other meanings, besides haze, include: a cloud of smoke, a cloud of dust<\/p>\n

Part of the issue I think is that the more particles\u00a0of pollution there are in the air, the quicker it will look hazy. \u00a0So some “haze” is probably completely natural, and some is man-made or in combination with natural phenomena. \u00a0Beyond that breakdown, we’ll need a r\u00e9amhaisn\u00e9iseoir aimsire<\/strong> or a meit\u00e9areola\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And that’s not even getting into “hazy memories” or “hazy recollections,” \u00e1bhar blagmh\u00edre eile<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

The third adjective in the lazy-hazy-crazy series is “crazy,” for which there are at least half a dozen words in Irish, plus about 20 more related expressions, which deserve a mblagmh\u00edr f\u00e9in<\/strong>!\u00a0 For our context, I think “craice\u00e1ilte<\/strong>” is the most flexible.\u00a0 Some of the other choices, without getting too technically into the “insane” aspect, are “b\u00e1n<\/strong>” and “\u00e9adrom<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Well, there’s “lazy” “hazy” and “crazy,” and a few ideas for future blogposts.\u00a0 Fan fionnuar!\u00a0 – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: p\u00e1iste gr\u00e9ine<\/strong>, love-child, more officially “leanbh tabhartha<\/strong>” or “leanbh m\u00eddhlisteanach<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

P.S. I had almost forgotten the Nat King Cole’s song also refers to “weenies.” Hard to escape hot dogs at this time of year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) L\u00e1r an tsamhraidh at\u00e1 ann.\u00a0 So it seems like a good time to pick three keywords from Nat King Cole’s “The Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” and see what they’d be in Irish.\u00a0 Not that they’re going to have the clever (-azy-azy-azy) rhyme scheme of the song, but still, vocab is vocab…<\/p>\n

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