{"id":9081,"date":"2017-03-26T00:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T00:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9081"},"modified":"2017-04-16T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T17:20:38","slug":"bia-le-beoir-aguisin-one-more-irish-phrase-for-a-beer-friendly-snack-food-cuid-part-2a-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/bia-le-beoir-aguisin-one-more-irish-phrase-for-a-beer-friendly-snack-food-cuid-part-2a-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bia le Beoir (Aguis\u00edn): One More Irish Phrase for a Beer-friendly Snack Food, Cuid \/ Part 2A of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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In our most recent blogpost (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), we looked at Irish phrases for fried pork rinds aka cracklings and\/or scratchings, good pub munchies, whatever you call them. \u00a0And we also went through the variations of the word “muiceoil<\/strong>” (pork) so you can now fill in the correct way to complete the following phrase (freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

craiceann\u00a0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __\u00a0 friochta<\/strong> (from the previous blog)<\/p>\n

That one’s to complement the fuller list of other beer-friendly snack food in the post before that (nasc th\u00edos freisin<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

And here are a couple more that may be new but hopefully predictable (an d\u00e1 fhreagra seo th\u00edos freisin<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

pi\u00f3g<\/strong>\u00a0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (pork pie)<\/p>\n

gr\u00edsc\u00edn<\/strong> \u00a0__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __\u00a0 (pork chop)<\/p>\n

Perhaps by now you’ve had some opportunity to apply some of those tidbits of information in your recent pub sessions in a ciorcal comhr\u00e1<\/strong>, or perhaps, while “chewing the fat,” (as they say). \u00a0So now let’s look at “meat” (feoil<\/strong>) as a general term and then at a few more types that are based on the word “feoil.<\/strong>” \u00a0There are, of course, some that aren’t based on “feoil<\/strong>,” such as bag\u00fan, liamh\u00e1s, sic\u00edn<\/strong>, and turca\u00ed<\/strong>, not to mention buabhal<\/strong>l and others, but as with so many areas of vocabulary, sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Eventually we’ll work our way back to the blogpost on drinks, month by month, that started all this (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), and do Cuid a D\u00f3<\/strong> in that series.<\/p>\n

Here’s “feoil<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

an fheoil<\/strong> (remember: the “fh” is silent), the meat<\/p>\n

feola<\/strong>, of meat; sampla<\/strong>: ag ithe feola<\/strong>, lit. at eating (of) meat<\/p>\n

na feola<\/strong>, of the meat<\/p>\n

And this one does have a plural form, although I doubt that it’s used very often:<\/p>\n

feolta<\/strong>, meats; na feolta<\/strong>, the meats; feolta<\/strong>, of meats; na bhfeolta<\/strong>, of the meats<\/p>\n

And now for the other compounds; the five reasonably common ones are in this post and a few\u00a0remaining ones will be in a second part to this “aguis\u00edn<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

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A)) caoireoil<\/strong>, mutton (caora<\/strong>, sheep + feoil<\/strong>, meat)<\/p>\n

an chaoireoil<\/strong>, the mutton<\/p>\n

caoireola<\/strong>, of mutton (but not for “leg o’ mutton sleeves” which are “bolgmhuinchill\u00ed<\/strong>,” lit. stomach\/bulge sleeves)<\/p>\n

na caoireola<\/strong>, of the mutton<\/p>\n

Not that “caoireoil<\/strong>” is very popular in the US, and I’m not sure about Canada, but it is (was?) the traditional ingredient for Irish Stew.<\/p>\n

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B)) Next up is circeoil<\/strong>, chicken, (cearc, <\/strong>hen + feoil, <\/strong>meat); this is specifically for the meat of the chicken; “sic\u00edn<\/strong>” can be used for either the animal or the meat.\u00a0 We have the phrase “ceapaire sic\u00edn<\/strong>,” mar shampla<\/strong>, although, come to think of it, that could mean a sandwich owned by a chicken, should such a situation ever occur.<\/p>\n

an chirceoil<\/strong>, the chicken<\/p>\n

circeola<\/strong>, of chicken<\/p>\n

na circeola<\/strong>, of the chicken<\/p>\n

C)) “Beef” is an interesting compound in Irish: mairteoil<\/strong>, from “mart,<\/strong>” carcass of a heifer or bullock or a heifer\/bullock fattened for slaughter.\u00a0 Some sources indicate a plural for this word, others don’t, but I’ll list it anyway.\u00a0 Probably you’ll end up using it about as often as you use the word “beeves” in English, which I mostly associate with 19th-century writing.\u00a0 One representative example of “beeves” in English that I found is in Chronicles of Border Warfare<\/em>\u00a0by Alexander Scott Withers (1895): “The provisions and ammunition, transported on packhorses, and the beeves in droves, arrived soon after.”\u00a0 By the way, that’s not the English-Scottish Border but northwestern Virginia, in frontier days.<\/p>\n

Here are the details:<\/p>\n

an mhairteoil<\/strong>, the beef (C\u00e1 bhfuil an mhairteoil<\/strong>?, as Clara Peller queried in the infamous 1984 Wendy’s ad!)<\/p>\n

mairteola<\/strong>, of beef<\/p>\n

na mairteola<\/strong>, of the beef<\/p>\n

The plural forms are based on the plural of “feoil<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

mairteolta<\/strong>, beeves<\/p>\n

na mairteolta<\/strong>, the beeves<\/p>\n

mairteolta<\/strong>, of beeves (same form as the first example)<\/p>\n

na mairteolta<\/strong>, of the beeves (same form and spelling as the second example)<\/p>\n

As for “mairteolta<\/strong>,” I found one (1 — count ’em!) Google hit online, not much; it’s at: http:\/\/www.citizensinformation.ie\/ga\/government_in_ireland\/national_government\/tribunals_and_investigations\/tribunals_of_inquiry.html and concerns An Binse Fiosr\u00fach\u00e1in um Thionscal Pr\u00f3ise\u00e1il na Mairteolta<\/strong> 1994.\u00a0 Just for a lark (not for an ortolan, though!), I also checked “mairtfheolta<\/strong>,” (the old spelling), no hits.<\/p>\n

Beef on the hoof by the way, is “eallach beo<\/strong>,” lit. live cattle<\/p>\n

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D)) Next, we have laofheoil<\/strong>, and I’m getting increasingly squeamish (“\u00e9isealach<\/strong>“) here — na laonna bochta<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

laofheoil<\/strong>, the veal, lit. “calf meat” (lao<\/strong>, calf + feoil<\/strong>, meat)<\/p>\n

laofheola<\/strong>, of veal<\/p>\n

na laofheola<\/strong>, of the veal<\/p>\n

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E)) And finally, for our basic five, there’s “uaineoil<\/strong>” (lamb):<\/p>\n

an uaineoil<\/strong>, the lamb (uan<\/strong>, lamb + feoil<\/strong>, meat)<\/p>\n

uaineola<\/strong>, of lamb<\/p>\n

na huaineola<\/strong>, of the lamb<\/p>\n

Sometimes when we might expect “uaineola<\/strong>,” Irish has a different construction, such as “uaineoil i gcruth r\u00f3is<\/strong>,” which means “___________ of lamb” (freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>, this time checking out your culinary communicative competence in English. \u00a0And, lo and behold, “uaineoil<\/strong>” isn’t in the\u00a0tuiseal ginideach<\/strong> in that phrase.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s c\u00faig sh\u00f3rt feola<\/strong>, and we’re \u00a0holding the venison and a few additional meat words till the next blogpost (Cuid 2B<\/strong>), since we’re already running out of space. \u00a0Somehow the chorus of “King Henry,” the ballad sung by Steeleye Span on their Below the Salt<\/em> album, keeps running through my mind here (“More meat, more meat”) but the context there is definitely grislier, and maybe gristlier also, given that the “ghost” eats up all the skin and bones of all the meat, leaving only the hide and hair. \u00a0Recognize the song?<\/p>\n

P\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9, maidir leis an ngrianghraf thuas<\/strong>, the more I looked at online pictures of meat, the less appealing they looked.\u00a0 And a picture of an “uan beag gleoite<\/strong>” and a picture of lamb chops seemed even more disturbing.\u00a0 With the photo of the cheetah (s\u00edota<\/strong>) eating a small piece of meat, we can just say it’s another aspect of nature — an biashlabhra<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

So, just a few\u00a0more types of meat to go, for the upcoming aguis\u00edn<\/strong> to this aguis\u00edn<\/strong>, which will be blagmh\u00edr 2B.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today’s\u00a0blagmh\u00edr<\/strong> is an aguis\u00edn<\/strong> to the following:\u00a0Bia le Beoir (Aguis\u00edn): One More Irish Phrase for a Beer-friendly Snack Food, Cuid \/ Part 1<\/a>\u00a0Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on Mar 23, 2017 in Irish Language<\/a>, which itself is an aguis\u00edn<\/strong> to\u00a0<\/span>Bia le Beoir: Some Irish Words for Good Snack Foods to Eat with Beer<\/a>\u00a0Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on Mar 20, 2017 in Irish Language<\/a>. \u00a0And that one was a follow-up to\u00a0<\/span>C\u00e9n fh\u00e9ile?\u00a0C\u00e9n deoch? (An Irish Language Guide to Beverages and When to Drink Them) Part \/ Cuid 1<\/a>\u00a0Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on Mar 7, 2017 in Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed: craiceann muiceola friochta, pi\u00f3g mhuiceola, gr\u00edsc\u00edn muiceola, <\/strong>rosette of lamb<\/p>\n

PS: The Irish for “gristle,” in case you never needed that before is “loinge\u00e1n<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In our most recent blogpost (nasc th\u00edos), we looked at Irish phrases for fried pork rinds aka cracklings and\/or scratchings, good pub munchies, whatever you call them. \u00a0And we also went through the variations of the word “muiceoil” (pork) so you can now fill in the correct way to complete the following phrase…<\/p>\n

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