Wierd grammar.

Enkidu

I just thought I'd start a thread for any weird grammatical oddities or phrases people have encountered. I'll start with three I've found:

1. Buille - a blow/hit, is normally masculine, but can sometimes be used as a feminine word.

2. Binneas is sweetness. However after "dá" many writers use Binneacht or Binne. Dá bhinneacht é "However sweet it is". A hold over from earlier Irish that distinguished these usages.

3. dhá dtrian - two thirds. Trian is eclipsed because it used to be neuter noun and they used to be eclipsed in the dual (as in singular, dual, plural)

An gal gréine

There's a line in a song, only from the last century, "..ag gabháil eadar dhá dtír."

Gael

The gender and genitive spelling of a few words can vary by dialect. One well know example is 'talamh'; it's feminine (genitive 'talún') in the West and South, but masculine in the North of the country (genitive 'talaimh').

Then of course there's the fact that 'cailín' is masculine and 'stail' (stallion) is feminine gramatically.

pog it

ar gcúl rather than where you might initially have expected ar chúl

Enkidu

pog it wrote: »

ar gcúl rather than where you might initially have expected ar chúl

Do you know the origin of this pog it?

pog it

Enkidu wrote: »

Do you know the origin of this pog it?

Sorry but I absolutely can say I don't.. was wondering about that as well since you reminded me of it.. hopefully someone will know!