{"id":9390,"date":"2017-06-25T23:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9390"},"modified":"2018-01-04T12:50:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T12:50:15","slug":"aghaidheanna-cat-faces-of-cats-their-main-features-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/aghaidheanna-cat-faces-of-cats-their-main-features-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Aghaidheanna Cat (Faces of Cats) — Their Main Features in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since we’ve been a roll with comhr\u00e1ite cat (naisc th\u00edos),\u00a0<\/strong>how about a diagram showing some of the features of a cat’s face?\u00a0 The above graphic show various features of a cat’s face, most of which are shared with other animals and with humans, so you can get double mileage out of the vocabulary.<\/p>\n

One of the features doesn’t occur in humans at all.\u00a0 Any guesses?\u00a0 We’ll go through the rest of the terms alphabetically with a few sample sentences and eventually work our way down to that one.<\/p>\n

The common theme for these sentences will be counting, mostly one (amh\u00e1in<\/strong>) or two (dh\u00e1<\/strong>), but in the case of the whiskers, six (s\u00e9<\/strong>). \u00a0And then there’s C\u00fa Chulainn, with some blanks for you to fill in to complete the sentence about him!<\/p>\n

b\u00e9al<\/strong>: T\u00e1 b\u00e9al amh\u00e1in ag cat.\u00a0 A cat has one mouth.<\/p>\n

cluas:<\/strong> T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 chluas ag cat.\u00a0 A cat has two ears.\u00a0 Note the lenition, “c” changing to “ch.”<\/p>\n

\u00e9adan:<\/strong> T\u00e1 \u00e9adan amh\u00e1in ag cat.\u00a0 A cat has one forehead.\u00a0 In fact this would be true for most animals, except a few mythological ones, like Cerberus, who would have tr\u00ed \u00e9adan<\/strong>, or a hiodra<\/strong>, which would have naoi n-\u00e9adan<\/strong>, the extra “n-” being prefixed for eclipsis.<\/p>\n

guaire:<\/strong> T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ghuaire ag an gcat sa phicti\u00far.\u00a0 The cat in the picture has six whiskers.\u00a0 De ghn\u00e1th, b\u00edonn ceithre ghuaire is fiche ag cat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

imreasc:<\/strong> T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 imreasc ag cat agus ag gach mamach (s\u00edlim).\u00a0 Ach n\u00ed raibh ach s\u00fail amh\u00e1in ag an gCiocl\u00f3p Polaif\u00e9amas agus mar sin, n\u00ed raibh ach imreasc amh\u00e1in aige.\u00a0 A cat has two irises, as do all (I think) mammals.\u00a0 But the Cyclops Polyphemus only had one eye, therefore he only had one iris.<\/p>\n

mac imris<\/strong>c: T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 mhac imrisc ag cat agus ag an gcuid is m\u00f3 de mhamaigh (ag gach mamach?), ach bh\u00ed _____ m(h)ac imrisc _____ ag C\u00fa Chulainn, _____ (g)cinn i ngach s\u00fail.\u00a0 A cat has two pupils, as do most mammals (all mammals?), but C\u00fa Chulainn had _____ pupils, _____ in each eye. \u00a0Freagra th\u00edos<\/strong> (answer below). \u00a0You may or may not need the letters in parentheses, depending on your answer.<\/p>\n

poll\u00e1ire:<\/strong> T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 pholl\u00e1ire ag cat.\u00a0 A cat has two nostrils.<\/p>\n

sr\u00f3n<\/strong>: T\u00e1 sr\u00f3n bheag ghleoite amh\u00e1in ag cat.\u00a0 A cat has one cute little nose.<\/p>\n

s\u00fail:<\/strong> T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 sh\u00fail ag cat mar at\u00e1 ag gach mamach.\u00a0 Ach maidir le hArgas, i miotaseola\u00edocht na Gr\u00e9ige, bh\u00ed c\u00e9ad s\u00fail aige. \u00a0A cat has two eyes, as does every mammal. \u00a0But regarding Argus, in Greek mythology, he had 100 eyes.<\/p>\n

Now for the feature that doesn’t apply to people, na scann\u00e1in nicteacha<\/strong>, the nictitating membrane, also known as “the third eyelid” (an tr\u00ed\u00fa caip\u00edn s\u00faile<\/strong>).\u00a0 Humans don’t have this membrane as such, but we do have a vestigial remnant of it in the corner of our eyes, the “plica semilunaris,” which I had absolutely never heard of prior to writing this blog.\u00a0 One nictitating membrane would be “scann\u00e1n nicteach amh\u00e1in<\/strong>.” \u00a0And that phrase, by the way, helps explain why Irish has such a distinctive word for a film or movie (scann\u00e1n<\/strong>) — the word existed in Irish before movies and meant “membrane,” “pellicle,” or “velum.”<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin \u00e9 go f\u00f3ill agus t\u00e1 s\u00fail agam go raibh s\u00e9 suimi\u00fail agus \u00fas\u00e1ideach. \u00a0SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra don cheist faoi mhic imrisc: Bh\u00ed ceithre<\/em> mhac imrisc d\u00e9ag <\/em>ag C\u00fa Chulainn, seacht <\/em>gcinn\u00a0<\/em>i ngach s\u00fail.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0He had fourteen pupils, seven in each eye.<\/p>\n

Naisc<\/strong>:\u00a0Comhr\u00e1 le Cat: translation, pronunciation, and glossary\u00a0<\/a>Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 23, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Comhr\u00e1 le Cat<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n