{"id":9351,"date":"2017-06-16T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:36:35","slug":"an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish-piscini-kittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish-piscini-kittens\/","title":{"rendered":"An bhfuil peata agat? \u00a0Talking about Pets in Irish: Pisc\u00edn\u00ed (Kittens)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Bhuel<\/strong>, we’ve just discussed coin\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong> as peata\u00ed<\/strong> in our sraith<\/strong> nua (faoi pheata\u00ed)<\/strong>, so let’s go now with an even more popular pet, pisc\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, and we’ll look more later at “cait<\/strong>,” which have been covered in some previous posts.<\/p>\n

As you can see in the picture above, we have an image of a ridiculously cute kitten, with its eyes fairly recently opened.\u00a0 Although we may never know the exact age of the kitten on the day the “grianghraf<\/strong>” was taken, we could run a little “com\u00f3rtas<\/strong>” to guess the kitten’s age (aois an phisc\u00edn<\/strong>).\u00a0 Since I assume most people who will participate are probably pretty keen observers of kittens, I’ll assume their answers will be fairly well informed.\u00a0 After a few days, we’ll announce “buaiteoir\u00ed an chom\u00f3rtais<\/strong>.”\u00a0 And there will be an extra benefit of running this com\u00f3rtas<\/strong> — practicing how to say “days old,” “weeks old,” and “months old” in Irish.<\/p>\n

Answers could be in sentences like the following:<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an pisc\u00edn l\u00e1 amh\u00e1in d’aois<\/strong> (i bhfad r\u00f3-\u00f3g<\/strong>, I know, but I wanted to cover the numbers thoroughly)<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an pisc\u00edn dh\u00e1 (tr\u00ed, ceithre, c\u00faig, s\u00e9, seacht, ocht, naoi, deich) l\u00e1 d’aois.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to express the number of days in teens, you could have “___ l\u00e1 d\u00e9ag d’aois<\/strong>” (___ days-teen of age), preceded by the following: aon, dh\u00e1, tr\u00ed, ceithre, c\u00faig, s\u00e9, seacht, ocht, naoi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Twenty days and thirty days would be: fiche l\u00e1 d’aois<\/strong> and tr\u00edocha l\u00e1 d’aois<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For months: T\u00e1 an pisc\u00edn m\u00ed amh\u00e1in d’aois<\/strong> (one month old).\u00a0 For 2 to 6 months, we’d have: dh\u00e1 mh\u00ed, tr\u00ed mh\u00ed, ceithre mh\u00ed, c\u00faig mh\u00ed, s\u00e9 mh\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I really doubt this kitten is anywhere near seven months old, but if we did want to say anything from seven to ten months old, we’d drop that extra “h” we had added above: seacht m\u00ed, ocht m\u00ed, naoi m\u00ed, deich m\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Do bhar\u00fail?\u00a0 C\u00e9n aois \u00e9 (\u00ed)?\u00a0 M\u00ed n\u00f3 n\u00edos l\u00fa<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

If you want to express another age, not modeled above, please feel free to give it a whirl in the comments, or just ask, for example, “C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar ’22 days’<\/strong>“?\u00a0 Or “Conas a d\u00e9arf\u00e1 ’22 days’ i nGaeilge?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

And now for the word “pisc\u00edn<\/strong>” itself, and its compatriots “puis\u00edn<\/strong>” and “pis\u00edn<\/strong>” (not used as often, in my experience).<\/p>\n

an pisc\u00edn<\/strong>, the kitten<\/p>\n

an phisc\u00edn<\/strong>, of the kitten (s\u00faile geala gleoite agus sr\u00f3in\u00edn beag gleoite an phisc\u00edn r\u00f3ghleoite<\/strong>, the cute bright eyes and the cute little nose of the too-cute kitten)<\/p>\n

na pisc\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, the kittens<\/p>\n

na bpisc\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, of the kittens (s\u00faile geala gleoite agus sr\u00f3in\u00edn\u00ed beaga gleoite na bpisc\u00edn\u00ed r\u00f3ghleoite<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

The word “puis\u00edn<\/strong>” has the same basic form and structure (i.e. it’s also 4th-declension, with the “-\u00edn<\/strong>” ending): an puis\u00edn, ainm an phuis\u00edn, na puis\u00edn\u00ed, ainmneacha na bpuis\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the same holds for “pis\u00edn<\/strong>“: an pis\u00edn, an\u00a0phis\u00edn, na\u00a0pis\u00edn\u00ed, na bpis\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

So that’s the basics for kittens.\u00a0 An bhfuil pisc\u00edn agat?\u00a0 M\u00e1 t\u00e1, inis d\u00fainn, m\u00e1s mian leat, c\u00e9n s\u00f3rt \u00e9 n\u00f3 \u00ed?\u00a0 An aois, an t-ainm, an dath, uigeacht an fhionnaidh, tr\u00e9ithe gleoite eile an phisc\u00edn, srl.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

And to wrap up we’ll consider a couple “non-pisc\u00edn<\/strong>” kitten terms and one famous, otherworldly, preternatural, kittenish face!<\/p>\n

For “kitty” in the sense of “an amount of money,” the Irish is simply “carn\u00e1n<\/strong>” (little heap), related to the English word “cairn,” which comes from Irish originally.<\/p>\n

For the phrase “to have kittens,” in the sense of “to have a cow” (i.e. to be upset), a typical Irish expression is “dul le b\u00e1in\u00ed<\/strong>“(lit. “go with franticness \/ fury \/ wildness \/ frenzy).<\/p>\n

And finally, remember the character “Nagilum” (Star Trek<\/em>, natch), whose face looked an awful lot like a kitten’s?\u00a0 So far, I’ve found nothing in the background literature to suggest that the face of Nagilum was actually inspired by a kitten, but it sure looks it to me.\u00a0 Do bhar\u00fail<\/strong>?\u00a0 You can see it at: http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Nagilum\u00a0 \u00a0Nach bhfuil cuma phisc\u00edn ar a aghaidh<\/strong>?\u00a0 I’m assuming Nagilum is male, so we’ll say “a aghaidh<\/strong>” (not “a haghaidh<\/strong>,” which would be the feminine form). \u00a0Actually, Nagilum may not have any “inscne<\/strong>” at all, since he (?) isn’t normally corporeal, but that dilemma will have to be discussed another day. \u00a0For the caption for the kitten above, I said “a aghaidh (a haghaidh)<\/strong>” since I can’t really tell if it’s male or female\u00a0 — the “h” marks the difference between “his” and “her.”<\/p>\n

I did, though, inadvertently discover a slight Irish connection to the series, since the character Nagilum’s name is the reverse of the Irish surname Mulligan, minus an “L”.\u00a0 Why Mulligan?\u00a0 The Irish-American actor Richard Mulligan was originally considered for the part although he didn’t end up getting the role, which went to Earl Boen.\u00a0 \u00a0I guess “Neob” didn’t cut the mustard, even though it is intriguing-looking.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that bit of kitten talk, grammar practice with numbers, and some vocabulary meowanderings! SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a follow-up to this topic, please see:\u00a0Aghaidheanna Cat (Faces of Cats) \u2014 Their Main Features in Irish\u00a0<\/a>Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 25, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Bhuel, we’ve just discussed coin\u00edn\u00ed as peata\u00ed in our sraith nua (faoi pheata\u00ed), so let’s go now with an even more popular pet, pisc\u00edn\u00ed, and we’ll look more later at “cait,” which have been covered in some previous posts. As you can see in the picture above, we have an image of a…<\/p>\n

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