{"id":88,"date":"2009-10-18T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=88"},"modified":"2009-10-18T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T12:30:45","slug":"cinealacha-gloini-agus-soithi-eile-don-ol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cinealacha-gloini-agus-soithi-eile-don-ol\/","title":{"rendered":"Cine\u00e1lacha Gloin\u00ed agus Soith\u00ed Eile don \u00d3l"},"content":{"rendered":"

An bhfuil tart ort f\u00f3s?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Still thirsty?\u00a0 <\/span>The recent blaganna <\/strong>have given you a wide choice of deochanna<\/strong>, but, how to drink them?\u00a0 <\/span>Here are some of the basics, and a few more specialized:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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cup\u00e1n<\/span><\/strong>, cup<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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cup\u00e1n tae<\/span><\/strong> could be a cup of tea or a tea-cup (as opposed to a muga<\/strong>).\u00a0 <\/span>But \u201ctaechup\u00e1n\u201d <\/strong>is more specific if you\u2019re discussing the drinkware as such.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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muga<\/span><\/strong>, mug, and somewhat less practical, ciota<\/strong>, a wooden mug<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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t\u00f3ib\u00edchr\u00fasca<\/span><\/strong>, literally, is a Toby jug, though most I\u2019ve seen would be more of a mug<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I find nothing in Irish to equate to a \u201cstein<\/em>;\u201d best to leave that in German, I guess.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A little more festive would be a cuach<\/strong>, a two-handled drinking cup, mostly known in English through its Scots name, quaich<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span>This item is quite well known in Scotland and silver ones are popular gift items.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The term \u201ccuach<\/strong>\u201d is actually sort of ambiguous, since it used to and could still mean a \u201cgoblet,\u201d although \u201cgloine choise<\/strong>\u201d (lit. foot- or leg-glass) is typically used for \u201cgoblet\u201d these days.\u00a0 <\/span>Either way, it\u2019s not the same as two other words spelled \u201ccuach<\/strong>\u201d in Irish, namely, \u201ccuach\u201d (cuckoo) and \u201ccuach<\/strong>\u201d (the verb “bundle” or “curl”).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As for earra\u00ed gloine<\/strong> (glassware), here are some, ranging from the general to the specific:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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gloine<\/span><\/strong>, a glass, also, glass as a substance, but this isn\u2019t generally the term for glasses for reading, etc., which typically would be \u201csp\u00e9acla\u00ed.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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f\u00edonghloine<\/span><\/strong>, a wine glass, as opposed to \u201cgloine f\u00edona<\/strong>,\u201d a glass of wine<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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gloine mhanglaim <\/span><\/strong>we\u2019ve discussed previously, but I find no terms in Irish to correspond to the specific glasses for highballs, Collins cocktails, or old-fashioneds.\u00a0 <\/span>No great loss, I guess, since it seems to me that there is far less consumption of mixed drinks in Ireland than elsewhere.\u00a0 <\/span>And why bother, one might ask, when uisce beatha \u00c9ireannach <\/strong>is as blasta<\/strong> as can be, whether mixed with water, or drunk \u201cneat,\u201d for which Irish has at least\u00a0 <\/span>three terms: as a neart<\/strong> (lit. out of its strength), ar a bhlas<\/strong> (lit. on its taste), and ar a aghaidh<\/strong> (lit. on its face).\u00a0 <\/span>None of these terms are remotely connected to the normal Irish words for neat (tidy), which include n\u00e9ata, slachtmhar, c\u00f3rach<\/strong>, and comair.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For the following types of glasses, I find no documented Irish equivalent: brandy snifter, champagne flute or coupe (saucer).\u00a0 <\/span>Smaointe<\/strong>, anyone?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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N\u00f3ta\u00ed: tart<\/strong>, thirst, is \u201con you\u201d in Irish; manglam<\/strong>, cocktail; mhanglaim<\/strong>, of cocktail; aghaidh<\/strong>, this is just one long vowel sound, all the consonants are silent, sounds more or less like \u201ceye\u201d or \u201cI\u201d in English.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An bhfuil tart ort f\u00f3s?\u00a0\u00a0 Still thirsty?\u00a0 The recent blaganna have given you a wide choice of deochanna, but, how to drink them?\u00a0 Here are some of the basics, and a few more specialized: \u00a0 cup\u00e1n, cup \u00a0 cup\u00e1n tae could be a cup of tea or a tea-cup (as opposed to a muga).\u00a0 But…<\/p>\n

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