{"id":8952,"date":"2017-02-24T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:08:13","slug":"a-glossary-for-the-irish-in-neacha-neamhshaolta-trishuileach-three-eyed-or-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/a-glossary-for-the-irish-in-neacha-neamhshaolta-trishuileach-three-eyed-or-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glossary for the Irish in ‘Neacha Neamhshaolta’ (Tr\u00edsh\u00faileach \/ Three-eyed, or Otherwise), Cuid \/ Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The last few blogs may have introduced some new vocabulary, so let’s take a closer look at some of the words and phrases, starting with:<\/p>\n

A.. \u00a0“neach<\/strong>” (creature, being, person, spirit).<\/p>\n

Note that all these definitions match up with other Irish words as well, often more primary:<\/p>\n

1.. creature: cr\u00e9at\u00far<\/strong> (implying “poor creature” as in a “miserable thing”) or “d\u00fail<\/strong>,” which also means “element”<\/p>\n

2.. being: can be “gin<\/strong>” (something generated or begotten, often, but not always “offspring”) or, again, “d\u00fail<\/strong>,” and also, although not in the sense of a living being, there’s the word “beith<\/strong>” (being, existence), this itself different, of course, from “beith<\/strong>, pl: beitheanna<\/strong>” (birch tree, birch trees”\u00a0 — \u00d3, iontas na homaghraf<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

3.. person: much more typically “duine<\/strong>” (pl: daoine<\/strong>), and sometimes “pearsa<\/strong>” (for example, for labeling forms of verbs and prepositions, e.g. “sa ch\u00e9ad phearsa<\/strong>,” or, in the plural, “pearsana<\/strong>,” for listing the characters in a play)<\/p>\n

4.. spirit<\/strong>: and this one I’d say is the jackpot, with the following among the equivalents:<\/p>\n

a.. spiorad<\/strong>, for spirit or courage, and An Spiorad Naofa<\/strong>, the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n

b.. sprid<\/strong>, spirit as a supernatural being or ghost; can be used for courage or morale, but for those, I’ve primarily seen “misneach<\/strong>” or “uchtach<\/strong>” and “misneach<\/strong>” or “meanma<\/strong>,” respectively<\/p>\n

c.. taibhse<\/strong>, most typically, in my experience, ghost, sometimes “apparition” or “bogey”<\/p>\n

d.. anam<\/strong>, usually “soul” (as in “anamchara<\/strong>“) sometimes “life” itself, though “life” is typically “beatha<\/strong>” or “saol<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

e.. fuinneamh<\/strong>, typically “energy” or “vigor”<\/p>\n

f.. meanma<\/strong>, typically “mind,” “thought,” or “morale”<\/p>\n

g.. intinn<\/strong>, typically “mind” or “intention”<\/p>\n

h.. faghairt<\/strong>, typically “fervor” or “fire” (in the abstract sense, not a physical “tine<\/strong>“), or more tangibly, the “temper” of metal.\u00a0 NB re: pronunciation: the “gh” is basically silent, simply affecting the vowel sound of the surrounding “a” and “ai.”<\/p>\n

i.. and on the alcoholic side, but pretty far removed from the topic at hand, biot\u00e1ille<\/strong>, which is really a collective noun for “spirits” or “strong drink” in general.<\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, hopefully that has left you “l\u00e1n d’anam<\/strong>” or with “barr do chro\u00ed agat<\/strong>” (in high spirits) and ready for a bit more vocab.\u00a0 So here goes, for “neamhshaolta<\/strong>,” but not before mentioning one of the more noteworthy phrases for “in high spirits,” namely “ag caitheamh do th\u00f3na<\/strong>,” literally something like “throwing your backside about.”\u00a0 To its credit, “ag caitheamh do th\u00f3na<\/strong>” can also mean “frisking about ” (like a lamb), but then, it can also mean “sitting about,” in which case I wonder if the implication is more like “wearing out your backside.”\u00a0 But more on that later — \u00e1bhar blagmh\u00edre eile<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

B. So here’s “neamhshaolta<\/strong>”\u00a0 (for pronunciation, remember the “m” and “the “s” are silent):<\/p>\n

neamhshaolta<\/strong>: unworldly, unearthly, ethereal, alien (in the outer space sense, not<\/em> re: immigration)<\/p>\n

neamh<\/strong>– (prefix): un-, dis-, non-, in- (im-, il-, ir-), etc., as in “neamhchlaonta<\/strong>” (impartial), neamhl\u00e9annta<\/strong> (unlearned), \u00a0neamhliteartha<\/strong> (illiterate), neamhurch\u00f3ideach<\/strong> (innocent), neamh-ionathnuaite<\/strong> (non-renewable), neamh-arm\u00f3nach<\/strong> (disharmonic), etc.<\/p>\n

C. And, so we get at least one of the descriptions of the aliens from outer space covered in this blog:<\/p>\n

tr\u00edsh\u00faileach<\/strong>, a fairly straightforward combination of “tr\u00ed<\/strong>” (3) + s\u00faileach<\/strong> (-eyed), which becomes “sh\u00faileach<\/strong>” after “tr\u00ed<\/strong>,” with a silent “s.”\u00a0 More typical for humans, and some aliens as well is “d\u00e9sh\u00faileach<\/strong>,” binocular, lit. two-eyed, usually to describe vision in general (binocular vision as opposed to, say, multi-ocular vision), although this word is used to describe at least one animal as “two-eyed” (not “binocular”).\u00a0 C\u00e9 acu ceann?\u00a0 Is \u00e9 pear\u00f3id fige dh\u00e9sh\u00faileach Coxen \u00e9<\/strong>, which, intriguingly is called Cyclopsitta diophthalma <\/em>taxonomically.\u00a0 In English, it’s “Coxen’s double-eyed fig parrot.”\u00a0 But why is it “diophthalma<\/em>” if it’s a member of the “Cyclopsitta<\/em>” genus, which sounds like it should be one-eyed (“aons\u00faileach<\/strong>” or “ar leathsh\u00fail<\/strong>“)? \u00a0But that question will have to wait for blagmh\u00edr \u00e9igin eile<\/strong>, perhaps with input from an \u00e9aneola\u00ed<\/strong>. \u00a0An bhfuil aon \u00e9aneola\u00ed ar an liosta<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

More glossary to come, but in the meantime, SFG — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

nasc:\u00a0<\/strong>Design Your Own \u2018Neach Neamhshaolta\u2019 and Describe It in Irish, or, What\u2019s the Gaeilge for \u2018I Have Two Antennae, or Three Eyes or Four Opposable Thumbs\u2019?<\/a>Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on Feb 22, 2017 in Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

PS: Seo an sirriam neamhshaolta, a chorp iomlan, tr\u00ed sh\u00fail, dh\u00e1 aint\u00e9ine, agus eile!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) The last few blogs may have introduced some new vocabulary, so let’s take a closer look at some of the words and phrases, starting with: A.. \u00a0“neach” (creature, being, person, spirit). Note that all these definitions match up with other Irish words as well, often more primary: 1.. creature: cr\u00e9at\u00far (implying “poor creature”…<\/p>\n

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