{"id":8731,"date":"2016-12-27T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2017-01-07T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T20:32:39","slug":"ar-an-4u-an-5u-an-6u-agus-an-7u-la-den-nollaig-birds-rings-and-poultry-for-the-4th-5th-6th-and-7th-days-of-christmas-cuidpart-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/ar-an-4u-an-5u-an-6u-agus-an-7u-la-den-nollaig-birds-rings-and-poultry-for-the-4th-5th-6th-and-7th-days-of-christmas-cuidpart-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Ar an 4\u00fa, an 5\u00fa, an 6\u00fa agus an 7\u00fa l\u00e1 den Nollaig (birds, rings, and poultry for the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th days of Christmas) Cuid\/Part 1\/2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Now that we’ve got three of the twelve verses under our belt, c\u00e9ard faoi dorn\u00e1n n\u00edos m\u00f3<\/strong>?\u00a0 Today’s blogpost will cover some phrases\u00a0from days 4, 5, 6 and 7 of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag<\/strong>).\u00a0 Earlier in this blog, we’ve dealt with other aspects of this famous song, especially as a way to expand our vocabulary; a full webliography of the series is given below (th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Our topics for today are: lonta dubha, f\u00e1inn\u00ed \u00f3ir, g\u00e9anna ag breith, agus eala\u00ed ag sn\u00e1mh<\/strong>.\u00a0 Those forms were all plural.\u00a0 So what happens when we want to put them after a number, for example, to say, “seven swans a-swimming” …\u00a0 <torm\u00e1il druma\u00ed><\/strong>\u00a0 … they go back to being singular, since, as I’ve said before, that’s the standard pattern in Irish: nouns are singular when they directly follow numbers (dh\u00e1 chat, tr\u00ed mhadra, srl.<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

So let’s hop to it and examine our nouns and numbers.\u00a0 I’m going to start with “lon dubh<\/strong>” as the “colly” or “coaly” bird, for reasons discussed in previous blogs (see the webliography below).\u00a0 If anyone wants, they can substitute “ag glaoch<\/strong>,” which would mean “calling” and use it with “\u00e9an<\/strong>” instead of “lon dubh<\/strong>,” which is a blackbird (i.e. colly or coaly bird).<\/p>\n

lon dubh<\/strong>, a blackbird<\/p>\n

lonta dubha<\/strong>, blackbirds<\/p>\n

ceithre lon dhubha<\/strong>, singular form of “lon” and “dubh” is lenited (adding the first “h” and pluralized (adding the “a”)<\/p>\n

Next we have “na f\u00e1inn\u00ed \u00f3ir<\/strong>,” which may in fact be “ring-necked pheasants,” but for now, will stick with the standard interpretation of “f\u00e1inne<\/strong>” as a ring one wears.<\/p>\n

f\u00e1inne \u00f3ir<\/strong>, a gold ring<\/p>\n

f\u00e1inn\u00ed \u00f3ir<\/strong>, gold rings<\/p>\n

c\u00faig fh\u00e1inne \u00f3ir<\/strong>, five gold rings, with the “fh” completely silent in pronunciation<\/p>\n

Next up, or should I say, settled down (ina gcuid neadacha<\/strong>), na g\u00e9anna ag breith<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

g\u00e9 ag breith<\/strong>, a goose a-laying<\/p>\n

g\u00e9anna ag breith<\/strong>, geese a-laying<\/p>\n

s\u00e9 gh\u00e9 ag breith<\/strong> [shay yay egg brzh<\/sup>eh], six geese a-laying.\u00a0 That\u00a0 “egg” in the pronunciation guide \u00a0is no reference to the word “breith<\/strong>,” it’s just the pronunciation of the Irish “ag<\/strong>,” which is unlike the “ag<\/strong>” of “agam, agat<\/strong>,” etc.\u00a0 Nor is it like the “ag-” of “agus<\/strong>” or, for that matter, of “ag\u00fas” (which just happens to sound like “a goose”!).\u00a0 A key pronunciation point here is that the “gh” of “gh\u00e9<\/strong>” is like an English “y” as in “year” or “yeanling.”<\/p>\n

And finally (do bhlagmh\u00edr an lae inniu<\/strong>), na heala\u00ed ag sn\u00e1mh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

eala ag sn\u00e1mh<\/strong>, a swan a-swimming<\/p>\n

eala\u00ed ag sn\u00e1mh<\/strong>, swans a-swimmng<\/p>\n

seacht n-eala ag sn\u00e1mh<\/strong>, seven swans a swimming.\u00a0 Eclipsis after “seacht<\/strong>” gives us the “n-” prefix. The plural ending (“-\u00ed”) drops out, as we would expect.<\/p>\n

So that’s seven done, c\u00faig cinn le d\u00e9anamh.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blaganna Eile faoin Amhr\u00e1n\u00a0Seo:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2010:\u00a0Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>(The Twelve Days of Christmas)<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Posted on 25. Dec, 2010<\/p>\n

2010:\u00a0Cearca Francacha agus Lonta Dubha (Cuid a D\u00f3 don tSraith: Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Posted on 29. Dec, 2010<\/p>\n

2010:\u00a0\u201c\u00d3r,\u201d \u201c\u00d3ir\u201d or \u201c\u00d3rga\u201d? \u201cF\u00e1inne\u201d or \u201c\u00c9an\u201d? \u00c9an?! (Cuid a Tr\u00ed: Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Posted on 31. Dec, 2010<\/p>\n

2011: G\u00e9anna agus Eala\u00ed (Cuid a Ceathair: Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Posted on 04. Jan, 2011<\/p>\n

2011: Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta i nGaeilge\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(Irish Personal Numbers and\u00a0Cuid a C\u00faig\u00a0or the Last Installment of\u00a0Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Posted on 06. Jan, 2011<\/p>\n

2012:\u00a0B<\/u><\/em>unuimhreacha, Orduimhreacha is Maoluimhreacha \u2014 A Thiarcais!\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(Oh my!)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Posted on 25. Dec, 2012<\/p>\n

2013: Speaking of Pigeons (Col\u00fair)<\/a><\/em>Posted\u00a0on Dec 14, 2013<\/p>\n

2013: (<\/em>C\u00e9 Mh\u00e9ad Patraisc? C\u00e9 Mh\u00e9ad Drumad\u00f3ir? (or \u201912 L\u00e1 na Nollag\u2019 Redux and an Irish Counting Lesson to boot)<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Posted on 18. Dec, 2013<\/p>\n

2015: The Irish Twelve Days of Christmas Redux Redux with a Blogliography of Other Blogs on the Song<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Posted on Dec 25, 2015<\/p>\n

2016: C\u00e9n s\u00f3rt \u00e9in? C\u00e9n s\u00f3rt crainn? \u2014 Learning Irish from the Christmas Carol \u2018Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag\u2019 (12 Days of Christmas)<\/a><\/em> Posted\u00a0on Dec 20, 2016<\/p>\n

2016: Ar an 2\u00fa agus\u00a0 an 3\u00fa l\u00e1 den Nollaig \u2013 dh\u00e1 fhear\u00e1n, tr\u00ed chearc fhrancacha (2 turtledoves, 3 French hens, for the 2nd and 3rd days of Christmas)<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on Dec 24, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Now that we’ve got three of the twelve verses under our belt, c\u00e9ard faoi dorn\u00e1n n\u00edos m\u00f3?\u00a0 Today’s blogpost will cover some phrases\u00a0from days 4, 5, 6 and 7 of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Dh\u00e1 L\u00e1 Dh\u00e9ag na Nollag).\u00a0 Earlier in this blog, we’ve dealt with other aspects of this famous song…<\/p>\n

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