{"id":84,"date":"2009-10-02T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T15:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=84"},"modified":"2009-10-02T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T15:31:23","slug":"blas-agus-treithi-leann-dubh-guinness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/blas-agus-treithi-leann-dubh-guinness\/","title":{"rendered":"Blas agus Tr\u00e9ith\u00ed Leann Dubh Guinness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some interesting phrases for describing the taste of Guinness, giving us some new ways to combine Irish vocabulary words.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve translated all of them from fan discussions I\u2019ve found online.\u00a0 <\/span>There\u2019s a glossary \u201cag bun an bhlag<\/strong>\u201d and some pronunciation notes are given:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>bainne seacl\u00e1ide na mbeoracha<\/span><\/strong> [\u2026 nuh MYOR-ukh-uh] <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>st\u00e9ig i ngloine<\/span><\/strong> [shtayg ing LIN-yeh]<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>searbh ach go pl\u00e9isi\u00fartha<\/span><\/strong> [SHAR-uv ahkh guh PLAY-shoor-huh]<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>domhain, m\u00faisi\u00fanta, searbh \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

5)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>T\u00e1 an\u00e1il aoibhneasa ann<\/span><\/strong> [\u2026 uh-NAW-il EEV-nuss-uh \u2026] <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

agus an ceann is fearr liom <\/span><\/strong>(my favorite)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Neamh i bhfoirm leachtach<\/span><\/strong>, or, to condense the original phrase, simply \u201cNeamh leachtach<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, one could simply go with \u201cblasta<\/strong>\u201d (tasty) or \u201cso-bhlasta<\/strong>\u201d (delicious, lit. \u201ceasy to taste\u201d or \u201cgood-tasty;\u201d remember, that \u201cbh\u201d is pronounced like a \u201cv\u201d).\u00a0 <\/span>Which reminds me that years ago I learned a phrase about \u201cIs blasta an t-\u00f3l \u00e9 an bainne<\/strong>\u201d but I don\u2019t remember if it was part of a longer piece or simply a linguistic exercise.\u00a0 <\/span>An cuimhin le duine ar bith \u00e9?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Anyone remember that?\u00a0 <\/span>Or have any other suggestions, i mB\u00e9arla n\u00f3 i nGaeilge<\/strong>?\u00a0 <\/span>If you suggest a phrase i mB\u00e9arla<\/strong>, either your comhl\u00e9itheoir\u00ed<\/strong> or I will work up an aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>Assuming it\u2019s reasonably so-aistrithe<\/strong> (readily translatable).\u00a0 <\/span>Scr\u00edobh molta\u00ed ar bith sa bhosca \u201ccomments\u201d ag blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/<\/span><\/a>, le do thoil.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gluais: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

leann dubh, <\/span><\/strong>stout (the beverage), lit. \u201cblack ale\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

seacl\u00e1ide, <\/span><\/strong>of chocolate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

na mbeoracha, <\/span><\/strong>of the beers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

st\u00e9ig<\/span><\/strong> (steak)\u00a0 <\/span>The fact that this can also mean \u201cintestine\u201d is, thankfully, irrelevant here, but at least there\u2019s another word for \u201cintestine\u201d you can use to avoid confusion.\u00a0 <\/span>Or to sort of avoid confusion.\u00a0 <\/span>The other word for \u201cintestine\u201d is \u201cput\u00f3g<\/strong>,\u201d which also has another meaning, \u201cpudding,\u201d but only the \u201cblack\u201d and \u201cwhite\u201d kind, not the \u201cchocolate\u201d or \u201cvanilla\u201d kind.\u00a0 <\/span>As for the put\u00f3g bh\u00e1n <\/strong>(white pudding) and put\u00f3g dhubh<\/strong> (black pudding), they\u2019re basically types of sausage, typically served at bricfeasta<\/strong> at an Irish B & B.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

domhain, <\/span><\/strong>deep<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

m\u00faisi\u00fanta<\/span><\/strong>, musty (hey, n\u00ed mo chur s\u00edos<\/strong> [description] f\u00e9in a bh\u00ed ann \u2013 seo aistri\u00fach\u00e1n<\/strong> [translation]!) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

searbh<\/span><\/strong>, bitter<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

an\u00e1il<\/span><\/strong>, breath<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

aoibhneasa<\/span><\/strong>, of sweetness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Neamh<\/span><\/strong>, Heaven<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

leachtach<\/span><\/strong>, liquid (mar aidiacht<\/strong>, \u201cleacht\u201d an t-ainmfhocal).\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some interesting phrases for describing the taste of Guinness, giving us some new ways to combine Irish vocabulary words.\u00a0 I\u2019ve translated all of them from fan discussions I\u2019ve found online.\u00a0 There\u2019s a glossary \u201cag bun an bhlag\u201d and some pronunciation notes are given: \u00a0 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bainne seacl\u00e1ide na mbeoracha [\u2026 nuh MYOR-ukh-uh] \u00a0…<\/p>\n

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