{"id":8507,"date":"2016-10-17T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8507"},"modified":"2016-12-24T04:47:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T04:47:12","slug":"arbhar-candai-agus-cupla-cainineach-culailte-gleasta-i-gcomhair-oiche-shamhna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/arbhar-candai-agus-cupla-cainineach-culailte-gleasta-i-gcomhair-oiche-shamhna\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbhar Canda\u00ed agus C\u00fapla Cain\u00edneach C\u00fal\u00e1ilte Gl\u00e9asta i gcomhair O\u00edche Shamhna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cultacha c\u00fal\u00e1ilte cain\u00edneacha le t\u00e9ama ‘arbhar canda\u00ed’ i gcomhair O\u00edche Shamhna; is iad Butter agus Beanie na mainic\u00edn\u00ed (Image courtesy of Vicky Loving)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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

According to the National Retail Federation (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), this year’s most popular pet costume for Halloween is a pumpkin (puimc\u00edn<\/strong>).\u00a0 But the two dogs in this picture are sporting a different edible Halloween theme, arbhar canda\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As far as I know, arbhar canda\u00ed<\/strong> is only sold i Meirice\u00e1 Thuaidh<\/strong>.\u00a0 If anyone is aware of marga\u00edocht n\u00edos leithne<\/strong> for this t\u00e1irge<\/strong>, please do let us know.\u00a0 From an Irish language learning perspective, the term “arbhar canda\u00ed<\/strong>” is interesting on several counts.<\/p>\n

First, we have the phrase itself, “arbhar canda\u00ed<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Generally in Irish, we use “milse\u00e1in<\/strong>” for “sweets,” but since this food is called “candy corn” in English, “canda\u00ed<\/strong>” seems the more appropriate choice. \u00a0“Canda\u00ed<\/strong>” is used for a few other specific terms in Irish.\u00a0 One is “flas canda\u00ed<\/strong>,” known in the UK and Ireland as “candy floss.” \u00a0That term doesn’t use “milse\u00e1n<\/strong>,” which would give us something like “sweet floss,” and to the best of my knowledge, that doesn’t exist as such.\u00a0 In the U.S. it’s “cotton candy.”\u00a0 Another example is “c\u00e1na canda\u00ed<\/strong>,” but that term has two other variations so it’s not quite locked into being “candy.”\u00a0 The other two terms are “maide milis<\/strong>” (literally ‘sweet stick’) and “steotar<\/strong>,” which also means “a pudgy person.”<\/p>\n

Secondly, as for the word “arbhar<\/strong>,” its basic meaning in Irish parallels the UK use of the word “corn,” meaning “edible grain,” not specifically “maize.”\u00a0 “Corn” can include oats, wheat, etc.\u00a0 The Irish word “arbhar<\/strong>” has at least two pronunciations, by the way: AR-uh-vur (the more standard) and “AR-oor” in Northern Irish.\u00a0 Sometimes Irish uses the phrase “arbhar Indiach<\/strong>” to specify maize, but it should be noted that in the U.S., which is basically the homeland of “Indian corn,” the two terms are not synonymous.\u00a0 In the U.S., Indian corn is primarily decorative, dried on the cob, and hung on doors as a harvest-theme decoration or used as a centerpiece.\u00a0 It’s often multi-colored, with blue or dark red kernels.<\/p>\n

A third point is simply word order, and this applies to thousands of noun-adjective combinations in Irish.\u00a0 In this phrase, the word “canda<\/strong>\u00ed” is functioning as an adjective, describing the type of “corn.”\u00a0 Not that it’s really “corn,” of course — it’s just shaped like corn and each “kernel” has three colors, white, orange and yellow.\u00a0 Not that I’ve ever seen a kernel of corn that has all three colors like that!\u00a0 Nach iontach an rud an dath\u00fach\u00e1n bia<\/strong>!\u00a0 The main ingredient for “candy corn,” like most sweets, is sugar.<\/p>\n

In Irish, aidiachta\u00ed <\/strong>usually come after the ainmfhocail, <\/strong>which is also typical in many other European languages. \u00a0What are some other Irish words with this word order?\u00a0 Here are a few samples, all quite basic phrases: fear maith, bean mhaith, madra rua, bia blasta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Sometimes the second word is actually a noun, functioning as a adjective, as in “scian ph\u00f3ca<\/strong>” (pocketknife), or “cuid s\u00fal<\/strong>,” which is the Irish equivalent for “eye candy.”\u00a0 Note that the word “candy” isn’t used in this phrase — cuid<\/strong> (share, portion) replaces “candy.”<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’d say these two fellows are definitely canine eye candy, and I’m sure their owner (cara liom agus in\u00edon l\u00e9inn i gceann de mo ranganna<\/strong>) would agree.<\/p>\n

D\u00e1la an sc\u00e9il, is iad Beanie agus Butter na hainmneacha at\u00e1 ar na madra\u00ed sa phicti\u00far.\u00a0 Is maith leo go m\u00f3r cultacha agus rib\u00edn\u00ed agus t\u00e1 a l\u00e1n st\u00edleanna eile acu: fear sneachta, prionsa sneachta, mairn\u00e9alach, surf\u00e1la\u00ed, turas\u00f3ir i Hav\u00e1\u00ed (le l\u00e9ine Hav\u00e1\u00edoch), srl.\u00a0 T\u00e1 siad ag tn\u00fath le cuairt eile a thabhairt ar an mblag seo <\/strong>so b’fh\u00e9idir go bhfeicfidh sibh ar\u00eds iad.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) According to the National Retail Federation (nasc th\u00edos), this year’s most popular pet costume for Halloween is a pumpkin (puimc\u00edn).\u00a0 But the two dogs in this picture are sporting a different edible Halloween theme, arbhar canda\u00ed. As far as I know, arbhar canda\u00ed is only sold i Meirice\u00e1 Thuaidh.\u00a0 If anyone is aware…<\/p>\n

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