{"id":9463,"date":"2017-07-21T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2017-08-09T05:07:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T05:07:28","slug":"an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish-pearoidi-parrots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-bhfuil-peata-agat-talking-about-pets-in-irish-pearoidi-parrots\/","title":{"rendered":"An bhfuil peata agat? Talking about Pets in Irish: Pear\u00f3id\u00ed (parrots)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Continuing with our “t\u00e9ama<\/strong>” of “peata\u00ed<\/strong>” (naisc th\u00edos<\/strong>), how about “pear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>“?\u00a0 Does anyone here have a parrot “mar pheata<\/strong>“?\u00a0 M\u00e1 t\u00e1, an bhfuil Gaeilge ag an bpear\u00f3id?\u00a0 ‘S \u00e9 sin a r\u00e1, an labhra\u00edonn an phear\u00f3id, agus m\u00e1 labhra\u00edonn, an labhra\u00edonn an phear\u00f3id Gaeilge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, before we look for “freagra\u00ed<\/strong>” to that, did you notice that the first paragraph of this blogpost already had three forms of the word “pear\u00f3id<\/strong>” and that the caption for the graphic added one more.\u00a0 So let’s review these before looking at the features of “ceann\u00a0na pear\u00f3ide<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

pear\u00f3id<\/strong>, a parrot<\/p>\n

And it’s grammatically feminine, so:<\/p>\n

an phear\u00f3id<\/strong>, the parrot<\/p>\n

pear\u00f3ide<\/strong>, of a parrot (ceann pear\u00f3ide, a head of a parrot)<\/p>\n

na pear\u00f3ide<\/strong>, of the parrot (ceann na pear\u00f3ide, the head of the parrot)<\/p>\n

pear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>, parrots<\/p>\n

na pear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>, the parrots<\/p>\n

pear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>, of parrots, NB: same form as above; (cosa pear\u00f3id\u00ed, feet of parrots)<\/p>\n

na bpear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>, of the parrots (cosa na bpear\u00f3id\u00ed, the feet of the parrots)<\/p>\n

The form “bpear\u00f3id<\/strong>” is used in prepositional phrases like “ag an bpear\u00f3id<\/strong>” (at the parrot).<\/p>\n

Now let’s look at the features of the parrot, as shown by the graphic.<\/p>\n

baic<\/strong>: nape (of the neck, to be specific — although I’m not sure the word “nape” is used for anything but necks in English)<\/p>\n

leiceann<\/strong>: cheek<\/p>\n

\u00e9adan<\/strong> (or “cl\u00e1r \u00e9adain<\/strong>“): forehead<\/p>\n

s\u00fail<\/strong>: eye<\/p>\n

poll\u00e1ir\u00ed<\/strong>: nostrils<\/p>\n

And here’s where it starts to get really interesting.\u00a0 I would have thought of the beak of the parrot simply as “an gob<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The word “gob<\/strong>” can also be used for a beak-like mouth on humans and shows up in expressions like “D\u00fan do ghob<\/strong>,” which I’d say is more like “Shut your trap!” in English, rather than something reasonably civil, like “B\u00ed ci\u00fain, le do thoil<\/strong>!” or very polite like “Ar mhiste leat a bheith ci\u00fain, le do thoil?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to “an gob<\/strong>” and related terminology.\u00a0 Although I’m sure we could simply say “gob<\/strong>,” the parrot anatomy chart I looked at didn’t give “beak” in general, but specifically “mandabal uachtarach<\/strong>” and “mandabal \u00edochtarach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Of course, the chart was in English, and I’m simply translating here.\u00a0 But if the chart had said “beak,” I would have said “gob<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

So, “mandabal<\/strong>” is the Irish for the English “mandible,” adapted for the Irish spelling system.\u00a0\u00a0 Remember — caol le caol agus leathan le leathan<\/strong>.\u00a0 If we start with the vowel “a” in the first syllable of an Irish word (the “man-” of “mandabal<\/strong>“), we have to have a, o, or u, in the next syllable (not “e” or “i”\u00a0 — it’s the vowel harmony rule in Irish).\u00a0 And the same goes for the third syllable\u00a0 — it can’t have an “e” or an “i” if the preceding syllable had an a, o, or u.<\/p>\n

The word “uachtarach<\/strong>” means “upper,”\u00a0 and you might recognize it from the phrase “Sr\u00e1id U\u00ed Chonaill Uachtarach<\/strong>” (Upper O’Connell Street).<\/p>\n

And “\u00edochtarach<\/strong>” is “lower,” which is used to say “Lower O’Connell Street” (Sr\u00e1id U\u00ed Chonaill\u00a0\u00cdochtarach<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

“Uachtar<\/strong>,” in general, means “upper portion” and “\u00edochtar<\/strong>,” in general, means “lower portion.”<\/p>\n

Then\u00a0 we have the interesting word “pr\u00f3car<\/strong>” for “craw.”\u00a0 As for “craw” being the definition, it’s pretty obscure in everyday modern English, except for things being “stuck in one’s craw.”\u00a0 I’ve also read that “craw” can actually mean “stomach,” but I thought the animal-related term for that was “maw.”\u00a0 So, m\u00e1 t\u00e1 aon eolas agat faoin difear idir<\/strong> “maw” agus<\/strong> “craw,” scr\u00edobh isteach agus inis d\u00fainn, le do thoil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, that’s a preliminary look at “anatama\u00edocht na pear\u00f3ide<\/strong>.” The two major remaining questions I have are:<\/p>\n

a)) Do parrots have hyoid bones, and if so, is that what enables them to speak?<\/p>\n

b)) An dtuigeann siad an m\u00e9id a deir siad?<\/strong> (Do they understand what they say?).\u00a0 Has anyone trained their parrot to say “N\u00ed thuigim<\/strong>,” a very useful phrase for learners of the Irish language?<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin \u00e9 don phear\u00f3id don bhlagmh\u00edr seo agus go dt\u00ed an ch\u00e9ad uair eile — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc <\/strong>(previous pet-themed blogposts): cait agus madra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Continuing with our “t\u00e9ama” of “peata\u00ed” (naisc th\u00edos), how about “pear\u00f3id\u00ed“?\u00a0 Does anyone here have a parrot “mar pheata“?\u00a0 M\u00e1 t\u00e1, an bhfuil Gaeilge ag an bpear\u00f3id?\u00a0 ‘S \u00e9 sin a r\u00e1, an labhra\u00edonn an phear\u00f3id, agus m\u00e1 labhra\u00edonn, an labhra\u00edonn an phear\u00f3id Gaeilge? Bhuel, before we look for “freagra\u00ed” to that, did…<\/p>\n

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