{"id":9749,"date":"2017-10-20T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9749"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:28:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:28:41","slug":"everyone-knows-its-gaofar-gaothach-feothanach-fleach-seadanach-srl-windy-breezy-etc-in-irish-with-a-nod-to-the-ruthann-friedman-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/everyone-knows-its-gaofar-gaothach-feothanach-fleach-seadanach-srl-windy-breezy-etc-in-irish-with-a-nod-to-the-ruthann-friedman-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone knows it’s … gaofar … gaothach… feothanach … fle\u00e1ch … sead\u00e1nach, srl. (windy, breezy, etc. in Irish, with a nod to the Ruthann Friedman song)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the last blogpost (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), we looked at some (some 60+ that is!) possibilities for words or phrases involving the following: breezes, winds, gusts, squalls, and gales.\u00a0 That was all a follow-up to the earlier post on hairic\u00edn\u00ed (nasc eile th\u00edos)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Today, before moving on to topaic\u00ed O\u00edche Shamhna<\/strong> (since it is M\u00ed Dheireadh F\u00f3mhair<\/strong>), let’s just breeze through some aidiachta\u00ed<\/strong> that relate to the same topic:<\/p>\n

A: breezy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

gaofar<\/strong>, breezy, also means “windy”<\/p>\n

Somehow, I find virtually no trace of an adjective based on “leoithne<\/strong>” (or “l\u00f3ithne<\/strong>” or “l\u00f3ithn\u00edn<\/strong>“), even though this is the word that most consistently seems to mean “a light, gentle breeze,” not a cold, harsh, or draughty one.\u00a0 Maybe it’s just that there is a tendency to say, “there is a light breeze” rather than “It is a breezy day.”\u00a0 Well, anyway, I did find this one stray reference, presumably an adjective based on “leoithne<\/strong>,” but it seems a little unclear: “dord leoithneach<\/strong>” in the poem “Ar Bhruacha Locha L\u00e9in” by Paddy Bushe in his poetry collection, Gile na Gile<\/em>.\u00a0 Bar\u00falacha ag duine ar bith<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

feothanach<\/strong> (or “feothnach<\/strong>“), breezy, but as with “feothan<\/strong>” (gust), this can also mean “gusty”<\/p>\n

sead\u00e1nach<\/strong>, breezy, wheezy<\/p>\n

seadarghaothach<\/strong>, breezy, also means “gusty”<\/p>\n

B: windy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

gaofar<\/strong> (originally spelt “gaothmhar<\/strong>“), gaothach<\/strong>. There’s also “gaot\u00fail<\/strong>,” which is more on the “bombastic” end of the “windy” spectrum.<\/p>\n

gailbheach<\/strong>, windy\/stormy<\/p>\n

salach<\/strong>, which basically means “dirty,” can also mean “wet and windy” combined.\u00a0 Or “drizzly.” \u00a0Reminiscent of the English expression “dirty weather.”<\/p>\n

stolpach<\/strong>, dry and windy, also “soil-hardening.”\u00a0 Hmm, “soil-hardening” doesn’t sound much like winds in Ireland to me, unless “gaineamhl\u00fa<\/strong>” (aka “fairsingi\u00fa f\u00e1saigh<\/strong>“) really sets in.\u00a0 I’ve been wondering when I might have an opportunity to use those terms, since we’re more likely, in this blog, to discuss rain, wind, mud, bogs, or floods in Ireland, not “desertification.”\u00a0 So, faoi dheireadh<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

C: gusty:<\/strong><\/p>\n

feothanach<\/strong>, gusty, breezy<\/p>\n

fle\u00e1ch<\/strong>, gusty<\/p>\n

seadarghaothach<\/strong>, gusty, breezy<\/p>\n

s\u00e9ideanach<\/strong>, gusty<\/p>\n

siotach<\/strong>, gusty<\/p>\n

scuabach<\/strong>, gusty, sweeping (related to “scuab,<\/strong>” a brush, a broom, and “scuabadh<\/strong>,” to sweep)<\/p>\n

So far, I don’t find any trace of “gusta<\/strong>” with an “-ach<\/strong>” ending to make an adjective, so, so much for that idea.\u00a0 Yikes, three “so’s” in one sentence!\u00a0 \u00a0Anyway, “gusta<\/strong> + -ach<\/strong>” seems like a “sough”-in for a possible word, but, bhuel, gan rian f\u00f3s (i mo chuardach)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The word “gust\u00fail<\/strong>” doesn’t have to do with wind, but means “forceful,” a variant of “gusmhar<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

D: squally:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, the only “official” word I’ve found for “squally” is the adjective “soinne\u00e1nach<\/strong>,” which seems a little strange to me.\u00a0 Gan aidiacht ar bith eile ar chor ar bith?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems that most of the time “squalliness” is described by noun-noun phrases, not noun-adjective phrases:\u00a0stolladh gaoithe, ropadh gaoithe,<\/strong> and soinne\u00e1n gaoithe, mar shampla<\/strong>.\u00a0 For “squally shower, ” we have “r\u00e1ig bh\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/strong>,”\u00a0which can also mean “a sudden shower.”<\/p>\n

A few interesting related terms here would be:<\/p>\n

gaoth gh\u00e9ar amhainseach<\/strong>, sharp-biting wind, lit. a sharp sharp wind; both “g\u00e9ar<\/strong>” and “amhainseach<\/strong>” mean “sharp,” although “amhainseach<\/strong>” can also mean “astute.”\u00a0 Must confess to never having heard this in a natural context.\u00a0 “G\u00e9ar<\/strong>” can also mean “keen,” “biting,” or “severe.”<\/p>\n

gaoth ghoimhi\u00fail<\/strong>, raw wind, stinging wind, biting wind; “goimhi\u00fail<\/strong>” also means “venomous”<\/p>\n

gaoth mh\u00f3r<\/strong>, big, strong, or high wind<\/p>\n

gaoth thr\u00e9an<\/strong>, high or strong wind<\/p>\n

gaoth l\u00e1idir<\/strong>, strong wind<\/p>\n

gaoth pholltach<\/strong>, bitter wind, piercing wind (from “poll,<\/strong>” a hole)<\/p>\n

gaoth nimhe,<\/strong> a stinging wind, lit. a wind of poison<\/p>\n

g\u00e9arbhach<\/strong>, a stiff wind<\/p>\n

And last, but not least,<\/p>\n

E: gale-like:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, I’ve found no real equivalent to the word “gale-like” as an adjective, so I’d simply say “ar n\u00f3s g\u00e1la<\/strong>” (in the manner of a gale), since “ar n\u00f3s<\/strong>” is used for a lot of comparisons (ar n\u00f3s gaoth Mh\u00e1rta, ar n\u00f3s na pear\u00f3ide, ar n\u00f3s cuma liom, srl.<\/strong>).\u00a0 Of course, one could always go with noun phrases instead, like “gaotha f\u00edorl\u00e1idre<\/strong>” (truly strong winds) or get more technical with phrases like “gaotha f\u00f3rsa g\u00e1la<\/strong>” (gale-force winds), followed by a number indicating intensity.<\/p>\n

There is an adjective, “g\u00e1lach<\/strong>,” by the way, but it’s a chemical term, in phrases like “gallic acid,” related to “gallnuts,etc.”<\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, that’s at least a little more on wind (breeze, wind, gust, squall, and gale).\u00a0 No doubt further searching would yield up more terms!<\/p>\n

And finally, the promised nod to the Ruthann Friedman song.\u00a0 Well, we’ve already seen quite a few words for “Windy,” so that’s taken care of.\u00a0\u00a0 But what about some other phrases in this highly meteorological song, like the “stormy eyes”?<\/p>\n

s\u00faile stoirmi\u00fala<\/strong>, and note, that’s the plural form.\u00a0 A single stormy eye, if you should ever need such a term, would be “s\u00fail stoirmi\u00fail<\/strong>” — note what happens to the ending of “stoirmi\u00fail<\/strong>” to make it plural.\u00a0 Actually, there are about a dozen more ways to say “stormy” in Irish, too, but that’ll have to wait for blagmh\u00edr \u00e9igin eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Flashing eyes” could be “s\u00faile lonracha<\/strong>” or “s\u00faile dealraitheacha<\/strong>” or “s\u00faile drithleacha<\/strong>.”\u00a0 But of course, the song actually uses “flash” as a verb, so some possibilities are “(s\u00faile stoirmi\u00fala<\/strong>) a lonra\u00edonn<\/strong> … OR: a dhealra\u00edonn<\/strong> … OR: a dhrithl\u00edonn<\/strong>.” \u00a0Or we could get away from the verb altogether and say something like “bh\u00ed faghairt<\/strong> [“glinting”] ina s\u00faile<\/strong> (assuming that, as lyricist, Friedman intended, “Windy” is female) or “th\u00e1inig coinneal<\/strong> [lit. a candle] i s\u00faile Windy<\/strong>.”\u00a0 I guess The Association never expected that their hit song would be the subject of such close linguistic examination!<\/p>\n

Hmm, well, next time I guess we’ll be tackling “Stormy Weather” (the Arlen\/Koehler song). Or maybe that’ll have to wait till tar \u00e9is O\u00edche Shamhna<\/strong>!\u00a0 Meanwhile, daingnigh na haist\u00ed<\/strong> (batten down the hatches) and stay safe if any gaotha f\u00f3rsa g\u00e1la<\/strong> come gusting your way.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naisc<\/strong>: Some (60+) Irish Words and Phrases for Breeze, Wind, Gust, Squall, and Gale.\u00a0 Oh, and Zephyr!<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Oct 16, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hurricane-related words in the Irish language: Hairic\u00edn\u00ed, Sp\u00e9irling\u00ed, S\u00faile, B\u00e9il et al.<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Oct 12, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In the last blogpost (nasc th\u00edos), we looked at some (some 60+ that is!) possibilities for words or phrases involving the following: breezes, winds, gusts, squalls, and gales.\u00a0 That was all a follow-up to the earlier post on hairic\u00edn\u00ed (nasc eile th\u00edos).\u00a0 Today, before moving on to topaic\u00ed O\u00edche Shamhna (since it is…<\/p>\n

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