{"id":8369,"date":"2016-09-06T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T06:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8369"},"modified":"2016-09-16T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T22:55:46","slug":"how-to-say-bearded-bornean-pig-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/how-to-say-bearded-bornean-pig-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to say \u2018Bearded Bornean Pig\u2019 in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, one might first ask, \u201cWhy say Bearded Bornean Pig\u201d in Irish?\u00a0 To which my response would be, why not?\u00a0 It\u2019ll give us a chance to practice the words \u201cpig,\u201d \u201cbearded\u201d (+ \u201cbeard\u201d), and Bornean (+ Borneo).\u00a0\u00a0 Plus, we used an illustration of these impressive-looking swine in the last blog (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), on the phrase, “On the Pig’s Back,” so it seems logical to explore the possibilities further.\u00a0 Especially if discussing the Sus scrofa domesticus<\/i>\u00a0(domestic pig or muc chl\u00f3<\/span>is<\/strong>) has come to seem perfectly familiar.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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(grafaic: By Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada (Sus Barbatus, the Bornean Bearded Pig) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/p><\/div>

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Whose back would you rather be on? This ‘muc chl\u00f3is ghleoite’ or the ‘Muc Fh\u00e9as\u00f3gach Bhoirneoch’ above? (grafaic: By Ben Salter (Flickr: Pig in a bucket) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with \u201cpig,\u201d since it\u2019s the most basic of three words in our phrase.\u00a0 Also, it’ll come first in the full phrase “Bearded Bornean Pig” in Irish, which will literally be: “pig +\u00a0bearded\u00a0+ Bornean”.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

1) muc<\/strong>, pig, simple enough to say, but just remember the \u201cu\u201d is as in \u201cput\u201d (not as in \u201cputt,\u201d or \u201cmuck,\u201d or for that matter, \u201cmuckety-muck).\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

an mhuc<\/strong> [un wook OR un vook], the pig.\u00a0 The \u201coo\u201d in the sound guide refers to the sound of \u201cbook\u201d and \u201clook\u201d and \u201cWookie,\u201d not the double \u201co\u201d of \u201cfood\u201d or \u201cblood.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

muice<\/strong> [MW<\/sup>IK-yuh], of a pig (eireaball muice<\/strong>, a tail of a pig, a pig’s tail). \u00a0Note how the original vowel sound (“-u-” as in “put”) of “muc<\/strong>” changes from a short “u” to “-ui-“, with a short “i” sound (more like the “i” in “it” or “big”). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

na muice<\/strong> [nuh MW<\/sup>IK-yuh], of a pig (eireaball na muice<\/strong>, the tail of the pig, the pig’s tail; Cla\u00ed na Muice Duibhe<\/strong>, The Black Pig’s Dyke, lit. the dyke of the black pig)
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muca<\/strong>, pigs
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na muca<\/strong>, the pigs
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muc<\/strong>, of pigs (An Coimisi\u00fan Muc agus Bag\u00fain<\/strong>, The Pig and Bacon Commision, lit. The Commission of Pigs and Bacon; also “riar muc<\/strong>,” pig husbandry, lit. husbandry of pigs)
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na muc<\/strong>, of the pigs, (eireabaill na muc<\/strong>, the tails of the pigs; sometimes an adjective (muc\u00fail<\/strong>)\u00a0can be used instead, for this meaning, as in: Siondr\u00f3m At\u00e1irgthe agus Riospr\u00e1ide Muc\u00fail<\/strong>, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, aka Blue Ear Disease (of pigs), which uses “muc\u00fail<\/strong>” (porcine) instead of “na muc<\/strong>” (of the pigs).
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2) f\u00e9as\u00f3gach<\/strong>, bearded, from “f\u00e9as\u00f3g<\/strong>,” a beard.\u00a0 The word “feas\u00f3gach<\/strong>” seems straightforward enough, but just remember, there are several other possibilities for “bearded” in Irish: a) meant\u00e1n croim\u00e9alach<\/strong>, a bearded reedling (type of bird), lit. “mustached” reedling, from “croim\u00e9al<\/strong>,” mustache; b) cruithneacht cholgach<\/strong>, bearded wheat, lit. prickly or bristly wheat, from “colg<\/strong>,” an awn (regarding wheat),\u00a0which is could also\u00a0be interpreted as “a bristle,” although that is more typically “guaire<\/strong>.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

3) Boirneoch<\/strong>, Bornean, from “Boirneo<\/strong>.”\u00a0 For describing a noun that is grammatically feminine and singular, the word “Boirneoch<\/strong>” becomes “Bhoirneoch<\/strong>,” with the “bh” pronounced either like “w” or “v.”
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So our final phrase is “Muc Fh\u00e9as\u00f3gach Bhoirneoch<\/strong>,” or, in the plural: Muca F\u00e9as\u00f3gacha Boirneocha<\/strong>. <\/span>
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And speaking of pigs’ backs, whose back would you rather be on — that of the S. scrofa domesticus<\/em> or that of the Sus barbatus<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Sin \u00e9<\/strong>, as they say.\u00a0 SFG — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/span>
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Nasc<\/strong>: <\/span>On The Pig\u2019s Back vs. On the (implied) Hog\u2019s Back: An Irish Expression Exegetically Examined<\/a>\u00a0Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on Aug 31, 2016 in Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Bhuel, one might first ask, \u201cWhy say Bearded Bornean Pig\u201d in Irish?\u00a0 To which my response would be, why not?\u00a0 It\u2019ll give us a chance to practice the words \u201cpig,\u201d \u201cbearded\u201d (+ \u201cbeard\u201d), and Bornean (+ Borneo).\u00a0\u00a0 Plus, we used an illustration of these impressive-looking swine in the last blog (nasc th\u00edos), on…<\/p>\n

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