{"id":9344,"date":"2017-06-12T23:29:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T23:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9344"},"modified":"2017-07-03T04:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:25:01","slug":"an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"An bhfuil peata agat? \u00a0Talking about Pets in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Remember when we talked about hamstair<\/strong> and their gotha\u00ed gn\u00faise gleoite<\/strong>, not to mention their “rotha\u00ed<\/strong>“?\u00a0 Hmm, a ngotha\u00ed agus a rotha\u00ed<\/strong>! — this is the first time I ever got to link up those two words! \u00a0\u00a0And we have, at various times in this blog, talked about different types of pets (madra\u00ed, cait, srl.<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

So I figured we’d start an occasional series on pets.\u00a0 Since we looked at coin\u00edn\u00ed fi\u00e1ine<\/strong> in the last post, let’s begin with a pet rabbit (peata coin\u00edn<\/strong>), as you see in the picture above.\u00a0 Eventually we’ll continue with other pets, such as cait, madra\u00ed, \u00e9in, \u00e9isc, iogu\u00e1na\u00ed, seirbil\u00ed, muca guine<\/strong>, and at some point we’ll probably do “hamstair redux<\/b>” although they were pretty thoroughly covered previously.\u00a0 And of course other suggestions from readers would be welcome. And if we’re feeling a little extraterrestrial at some point, we might consider “*targanna<\/strong>” and “*tribil\u00ed<\/strong>” and “*sehlait<\/strong>,” to attempt to Gaelicize some Star Trek terms.<\/p>\n

But for now, let’s stick to “an domhan<\/strong>” and look at some typical pets that humans might have, or that “own” them, as some might say.<\/p>\n

Last time, we looked at most of the forms of the word for rabbit, such as: an coin\u00edn, lapa an choin\u00edn, na coin\u00edn\u00ed, lapa\u00ed na gcoin\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>. \u00a0So let’s look at an interesting feature of the rabbit pictured above — it’s “spadchluasach<\/strong>” (lop-eared), meaning it has ears that droop.<\/p>\n

The word “spadchluasach<\/strong>” is interesting in its own right.\u00a0 The “-c(h)luasach<\/strong>” part is straightforward enough:<\/p>\n

cluas<\/strong>, ear; an chluas<\/strong>, the ear; na cluasa<\/strong>, the ears, srl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

-c(h)luasach<\/strong>: “-eared,” which occurs in various other compound words, such as:<\/p>\n

fadchluasach<\/strong>, long-eared<\/p>\n

gearrchluasach<\/strong>, short-eared<\/p>\n

leathchluasach<\/strong>, one-eared<\/p>\n

maolchluasach<\/strong>, crop-eared or droop-eared (two seemingly different concepts!)<\/p>\n

Not that all descriptions of ears include the element “-chluasach<\/strong>” (the lenited term).\u00a0 The word “catach,<\/strong>” for example, means both “cat-eared” (logically enough), and curiously, “dog-eared.”<\/p>\n

Getting back to the word “spadchluasach<\/strong>,” the curious thing is that the “spad<\/strong>-” part is pretty obscure.\u00a0 For all the other compound words listed above, we can easily pick out both parts of the compound:\u00a0 fad<\/strong>, length (cf. fada<\/strong>, long); gearr<\/strong>, short; leath<\/strong>-, half; and maol<\/strong>, bald, tonsured, blunt, bare, cropped, flattened, or obtuse.\u00a0 The one thing “maol<\/strong>” doesn’t normally mean is “drooping” — that would typically be “cromtha<\/strong>” or “ligthe s\u00edos<\/strong>” or “\u00edslithe<\/strong>” or “sleabhctha<\/strong>.”\u00a0 So far, I haven’t really found anything that completely explains the “spad<\/strong>-” part of “spadchluasach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The closest I see are a few presumably related words:<\/p>\n

spadchosach<\/strong>, slow-footed, flat-footed (from spadchos<\/strong>, flat-foot)<\/p>\n

spadintinneach<\/strong>, slow-witted<\/p>\n

spadliath<\/strong>, dull gray<\/p>\n

spadach<\/strong>, heavy and wet<\/p>\n

These all seem to have a negative connotation, whereas I don’t really see anything negative about being “lop-eared.’\u00a0 Bar\u00fail ar bith eile ag duine ar bith agaibhse?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And how to find out if someone has a pet?\u00a0 Here’s a basic, very useful question structure:<\/p>\n

An bhfuil peata agat?<\/strong> (Do you have a pet?)<\/p>\n

And the two typical answers, t\u00e1<\/strong> (yes), or n\u00edl<\/strong> (no).<\/p>\n

T\u00e1, t\u00e1 ___________ agam<\/strong> \u00a0OR N\u00edl peata ar bith agam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So we could have a mionchomhr\u00e1<\/strong> like:<\/p>\n

A: An bhfuil peata agat?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B: T\u00e1, t\u00e1 coin\u00edn agam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: C\u00e9n s\u00f3rt coin\u00edn \u00e9 agus c\u00e9n dath at\u00e1 air?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B: Is coin\u00edn spadchluasach D\u00faitseach \u00e9 agus t\u00e1 s\u00e9 donn. \u00a0\u00a0(ag tarraingt amach a ghuth\u00e1in chliste).\u00a0 Seo picti\u00far de.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: \u00d3, nach bhfuil s\u00e9 gleoite?\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 air?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B: _____________ is ainm d\u00f3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NB: I left the pet rabbit’s name blank in hopes that someone would suggest one we could use.\u00a0 Moladh ar bith agatsa?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

And speaking of “molta\u00ed,<\/strong>” any suggestions for the next pet for this series? SGF\u00a0 – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Remember when we talked about hamstair and their gotha\u00ed gn\u00faise gleoite, not to mention their “rotha\u00ed“?\u00a0 Hmm, a ngotha\u00ed agus a rotha\u00ed! — this is the first time I ever got to link up those two words! \u00a0\u00a0And we have, at various times in this blog, talked about different types of pets (madra\u00ed…<\/p>\n

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