{"id":9055,"date":"2017-03-20T23:37:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T23:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9055"},"modified":"2017-04-06T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T16:40:27","slug":"bia-le-beoir-some-irish-words-for-good-snack-foods-to-eat-with-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/bia-le-beoir-some-irish-words-for-good-snack-foods-to-eat-with-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bia le Beoir: Some Irish Words for Good Snack Foods to Eat with Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Mh’anam! Preatsail go leor sa phicti\u00far seo ach c\u00e1 bhfuil an bheoir? (grianghraf: By (vincent desjardins) from Paris, France [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/p><\/div>Ainmfhocail Ghaeilge ar shneaiceanna blasta a th\u00e9ann go deas le beoir?\u00a0 C\u00e9ard iad?\u00a0<\/strong> Irish words for tasty snacks that go nicely with beer?\u00a0 What are they?\u00a0 Let’s check out a few of these phrases, before returning to our pr\u00edomh-mhionsraith<\/strong> of the last few blogposts (deochanna na s\u00e9as\u00far<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Here are a few that come to mind.\u00a0 Other suggestions welcome!<\/p>\n

briosc\u00e1in phr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong> – crisps, or in the US, potato chips<\/p>\n

criospa\u00ed<\/strong>, crisps (again), or in the US, potato chips.\u00a0 And I bet you can’t eat just criospa amh\u00e1in<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

briosc\u00e1n tortilla<\/strong>, a tortilla chip.\u00a0 Presumably the plural form leaves “tortilla” as is, since loan words (focail iasachta<\/strong>) are typically not lenited.\u00a0 That gives us “briosc\u00e1in tortilla<\/strong>.”\u00a0 So, we have “briosc\u00e1in phr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong>” but “briosc\u00e1in tortilla<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Another type of edible chip would be a “briosc\u00e1n banana<\/strong>” (pl: briosc\u00e1in bhanana<\/strong>), but I don’t think these are very popular with beer!<\/p>\n

piseanna tal\u00fan<\/strong>, peanuts, lit. “earth\/ground peas” and if in some amazing way, you can eat just one, it would be “pis tal\u00fan<\/strong>” (no lenition because of the D-N-T-L-S rule).<\/p>\n

preatsal<\/strong>, pl: preatsail<\/strong>, pretzel, which can give us a few additional phrases, like “preatsal taos g\u00e9ar<\/strong>” (a sourdough pretzel), “preatsal bog<\/strong>” (a soft pretzel, sometimes served “te<\/strong>,” hot, and sometimes simply at “teocht an tseomra<\/strong>,” room temperature), and, however “leamh<\/strong>” or “neamhbhlasta<\/strong>” they may be, preatsail gan salann<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

uibheacha picilte<\/strong>, pickled eggs, and the singular would be ubh<\/strong> __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __\u00a0 (freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

oinni\u00fan picilte<\/strong>, a pickled onion, and the plural would be “oinni\u00fain<\/strong>\u00a0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Of course, there are also many types of food that go well with beer, but which are more than snacks.\u00a0 These could include:<\/p>\n

ceapaire treabhd\u00f3ra<\/strong>, a ploughman’s lunch (although in my experience, the various components of a ploughman’s lunch are served separately on a platter, not combined together in a ceapaire<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

brocaire te<\/strong>, a hot dog, lit. (very literally) a “hot terrier,” for which the plural would be, brocair\u00ed<\/strong>\u00a0 __ __ __ .\u00a0 (No lenition, but what happens to the adjective here?\u00a0 Freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

There are several variants for “hamburger,” including:<\/p>\n

burgar<\/strong>, a burger, also sometimes spelled “borgaire<\/strong>,” a hamburger, although, hmm, the latter does look suspiciously like a meat patty made from a ground (cy)borg!\u00a0 Watch out for the metal bits!\u00a0 Curiously, though, a “burgaire<\/strong>” is “burgher,” as in city administration.\u00a0 For some more fun with these words, you might to check out Ag an mBe\u00e1rbaici\u00fa (At the Barbecue)<\/a> posted in the\u00a0Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0blog on July 19, 2013, which twisted a few readers’ tongues with “burgar bulgair an bhurgaire<\/strong>” and “burgar bulgair U\u00ed Bholguidhir<\/strong>,” and a few other variations.<\/p>\n

burgar mairteola,<\/strong> a beefburger<\/p>\n

burgar le c\u00e1is<\/strong>, a cheeseburger<\/p>\n

burgar glasra\u00ed<\/strong> or veigeat\u00f3rach<\/strong>, a veggie or vegetarian burger<\/p>\n

C\u00e9n bia is fearr leat le do bheoir?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you found these phrases helpful.\u00a0 Please remember, further suggestions, welcome, either in Irish or in English to be translated into Irish.\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

ubh phicilte<\/strong>, a pickled egg, with “picilte<\/strong>” becoming “phicilte<\/strong>” because “ubh<\/strong>” is a feminine noun<\/p>\n

oinni\u00fain phicilt<\/strong>e, pickled onions, with “picilte<\/strong>” becoming “phicilte<\/strong>” for a completely different reason than the freagra<\/strong> above.\u00a0 Since “oinni\u00fain<\/strong>” as a plural noun now has a slender ending (“-in”), that triggers the lenition (same as with “fir mhaithe<\/strong>” as opposed to “fear maith<\/strong>“).<\/p>\n

brocair\u00ed teo<\/strong>, with “teo<\/strong>” being the plural form of “te<\/strong>,” a pretty unusual pattern for an Irish adjective, but, well, it is what it is.\u00a0 Actually, I can’t think of any other adjective with this pattern.\u00a0 You may recognize the spelling “t-e-o<\/strong>” because it’s also used for comparisons (T\u00e1 an cup\u00e1n tae seo n\u00edos teo n\u00e1 an cup\u00e1n tae sin<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Ainmfhocail Ghaeilge ar shneaiceanna blasta a th\u00e9ann go deas le beoir?\u00a0 C\u00e9ard iad?\u00a0 Irish words for tasty snacks that go nicely with beer?\u00a0 What are they?\u00a0 Let’s check out a few of these phrases, before returning to our pr\u00edomh-mhionsraith of the last few blogposts (deochanna na s\u00e9as\u00far). Here are a few that come…<\/p>\n

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