{"id":8246,"date":"2016-08-06T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:20:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:20:38","slug":"deich-bhfrasa-shuimiula-as-alt-ui-mhuirthile-saoiri-samhraidh-san-irish-times-cuid-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/deich-bhfrasa-shuimiula-as-alt-ui-mhuirthile-saoiri-samhraidh-san-irish-times-cuid-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Deich bhFr\u00e1sa Shuimi\u00fala as Alt U\u00ed Mhuirthile (‘Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh’ san Irish Times), Cuid 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This blogpost will be the last in this mini-series (mionsraith<\/strong>), but there could be much more, since the article we’re glossing, “Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh<\/strong>,” le Liam \u00d3 Muirthile (An Peann Coitianta)<\/strong>, is so rich with idiomatically written Irish.\u00a0 As with the previous posts in this series, we’ll start with a little “s\u00fail siar<\/strong>” (review, lit. “an eye back”). \u00a0Then we’ll proceed with three final words: cian\u00f3g, athshondas, <\/strong>and lobhaigh<\/strong> (which has additional forms such as “Lobh!”<\/strong> and “lofa”<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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First, as a reminder, we started this gluais<\/strong> after looking at four forms of the word “summer” as they were used in the article “Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh.”\u00a0 This article caught my attention because it used four of the nine possible forms of the word I identified in a previous post (nasc th\u00edos).\u00a0 An cuimhin leat foirmeacha an fhocail?\u00a0 Freagra\u00ed th\u00edos: <\/strong><\/p>\n

the summer = ______________<\/p>\n

of summer = _______________<\/p>\n

of the summer = ____________<\/p>\n

summers = _________________<\/p>\n

Now, a look back at some of the other words and phrases highlighted in this series.\u00a0 An cuimhin leat an B\u00e9arla at\u00e1 orthu?\u00a0 T\u00e1 aistri\u00fach\u00e1in th\u00edos.\u00a0 Seo iad: <\/strong>glamanna, feara\u00edocht, ag guaille\u00e1il, bu\u00edonta ban, leagadh (leagan), duileasc, faochain, \u00e1 nd\u00edol, b\u00e9 (ba \u00e9)<\/strong>, rac-cheol, i bhfios n\u00f3 i ngan fhios di f\u00e9in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That list actually includes a few words that aren’t literally “keywords” for this series, so the total number of words glossed is actually more than ten.\u00a0 But “ten” makes a nice round number for a blog title, doesn’t it, rather than, say, “thirteen”?<\/p>\n

And finally, na tr\u00ed fhocal\/fhr\u00e1sa dheireanacha<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

8) cian\u00f3g <\/strong>in the phrase “dh\u00e1 thaobh den chian\u00f3g ch\u00e9anna” <\/strong>(two sides of the same coin).\u00a0 The general word for “coin” is “bonn<\/strong>,” which also means “a medal,” and which is a separate word from the other “bonn<\/strong>” (sole of the foot, foothold, tire or tyre, if you prefer, etc.).\u00a0 But a “cian\u00f3g<\/strong>” is a “small<\/em> coin,” and btw, it’s a nice cognate of the Welsh “ceiniog<\/em>,” although the meaning there is “penny” or “pence.”\u00a0 \u00a0Cian\u00f3g<\/strong> could also be translated as “mite” in the phrase “cian\u00f3g na baintr\u00ed<\/strong>” (the widow’s mite, lit, the mite of the ‘baintreach<\/strong>‘ or widow). \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

9) athsondas<\/strong> [sic], resonance, literally a “second” (ath-<\/strong>) “sonorousness” (sondas<\/strong>), used when \u00d3 Muirthile is posing the question “C\u00e1 raibh an clog i Ringabella?”<\/strong> “Ringabella is a place name coming from “Rinn a’ Bhile,” which literally means, the point\/headland\/promontory of the sacred tree, nothing to do with cloganna<\/strong>).\u00a0 Litri\u00fa eile: athshondas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And finally,<\/p>\n

10) Lobhaigh<\/strong>, as in “Lobhaigh an carabh\u00e1n le meirg<\/strong> ….”\u00a0 Normally “lobhaigh<\/strong>” would mean “rotted” but since we have “le meirg<\/strong>” (with rust), it’s more like “The caravan rusted (out\/completely) … .”\u00a0 The command form of this verb is “Lobh<\/strong>!” (Rot!) although I can hardly imagine how this form might be used, unless there’s a garda prios\u00fain<\/strong> in some 19th-century novel shoving an innocent prisoner in a dark, damp, dismal dungeon, and saying “Luigh ansin agus lobh!<\/strong>”\u00a0 That assumes that said novel was actually written in Irish, a discussion of the likelihood of which might be a blagmh\u00edr<\/strong> unto itself.\u00a0 Or, actually, maybe something like that could come up, in a contemporary context, in “Doinsi\u00fain agus Dragain<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

One could also say, “Mheirgigh s\u00e9<\/strong>,” which is more literally, “It rusted.”\u00a0 Or “Th\u00e1inig meirg air<\/strong>” (Rust came on it).<\/p>\n

In my experience, the word “lobh<\/strong>” is more common as “lofa<\/strong>” (rotten), as in “ubh lofa<\/strong>” (a rotten egg). \u00a0“Pee-yoo!” (or “pew” if you prefer the main OED spelling\u00a0 — boladh an tsulfair a bh\u00edonns ag uibheacha lofa<\/strong>!\u00a0 “Lofa<\/strong>” can also be used more abstractly, as in “iasacht lofa<\/strong>” (a rotten loan).<\/p>\n

Well, that’s the tenth of ten.\u00a0 Hopefully you found them interesting, and for intermediate-level learners, at least some of them may have been nua<\/strong>, or, if nothing else, \u00a0used a little differently than expected.<\/p>\n

By the way, for anyone who has especially enjoyed this vocabulary review, I’d heartily recommend one (or all!) of \u00d3 Muirthile’s published collections (Rogha Alt<\/em><\/strong>, srl., nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>) and an interesting article by M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 hAodha in English about \u00d3 Muirthile’s work (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>).\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc (\u00d3 Muirthile agus \u00d3 hAodha):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

alt U\u00ed Mhuirthile san Irish Times<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/2.663\/saoiri-samhraidh-1.1091985<\/a>\u00a0(14 L\u00fanasa 2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n

leabhartha le Liam \u00d3 Muirthile: Rogha Alt (1989-2003), Cois Life, 2014; <\/strong>http:\/\/www.coislife.ie\/leabhar\/153\/rogha-alt<\/a>\u00a0. T\u00e1 cnuasaigh eile aige ach t\u00e1 siad as cl\u00f3: <\/strong>Ar an bPeann<\/em><\/strong>, Cois Life, 2006; An Peann Coitianta 2 (1992-1997)<\/em><\/strong>, Cois Life, 1997, agus An Peann Coitianta<\/em><\/strong>, Comhar, 1991.\u00a0 T\u00e1 i bhfad n\u00edos m\u00f3 foilsithe aige (\u00farsc\u00e9alta, d\u00e1nta, srl.) ach is iad seo na cinn a bhaineanns leis an alt seo.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

alt le M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 hAodha faoi scr\u00edbhneoireacht U\u00ed Mhuirthile: http:\/\/www.coislife.ie\/leabhar\/153\/rogha-alt<\/strong>\u00a0(<\/strong>from Books Ireland<\/em>, Ean\u00e1ir\/Feabhra, 2015\u00a0<\/strong>Iriseoireacht as Gaeilge)<\/p>\n

na<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>blaganna<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>roimhe seo sa tsraith seo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Sampla\u00ed an fhocail \u2018samhradh\u2019 in alt le Liam \u00d3 Muirthile san Irish Times<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jul 22, 2016 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Deich bhFr\u00e1sa Shuimi\u00fala as Alt U\u00ed Mhuirthile (\u2018Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh\u2019 san Irish Times), Cuid 1<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jul 25, 2016 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Deich bhFr\u00e1sa Shuimi\u00fala as Alt U\u00ed Mhuirthile (\u2018Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh\u2019 san Irish Times), Cuid 2<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jul 28, 2016 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Deich bhFr\u00e1sa Shuimi\u00fala as Alt U\u00ed Mhuirthile (\u2018Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh\u2019 san Irish Times), Cuid 3<\/a> Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jul 31, 2016 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed:\u00a0<\/strong>the summer = an samhradh<\/strong>;\u00a0of summer = samhraidh<\/strong>;\u00a0of the summer = an tsamhraidh<\/strong>;\u00a0summers = samhra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\u00fail Siar:\u00a0<\/strong>glamanna<\/strong>, howls (n); feara\u00edocht<\/strong>, macho-ing (as it were), ag guaille\u00e1i<\/strong>l, shouldering, sauntering, swaggering; bu\u00edonta ban<\/strong>, bands\/”bevies” of women; leagadh (leagan)<\/strong>, knocking down; duileasc<\/strong>, dulse (type of seaweed); faochain<\/strong>, winkles; \u00e1 nd\u00edol<\/strong>, (them) being sold; b\u00e9 (ba \u00e9),<\/strong> it was; rac-cheol, rock music; i bhfios n\u00f3 i ngan fhios di,<\/strong> whether or not she knew it, lit. in knowledge or not in (“in without”) knowledge to her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) This blogpost will be the last in this mini-series (mionsraith), but there could be much more, since the article we’re glossing, “Saoir\u00ed Samhraidh,” le Liam \u00d3 Muirthile (An Peann Coitianta), is so rich with idiomatically written Irish.\u00a0 As with the previous posts in this series, we’ll start with a little “s\u00fail siar” (review…<\/p>\n

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