Déise go Deo

Enkidu · 22-05-2011 01:01AM #1

(Couldn't resist...)

It seems boards has a lot of people who speak Irish's fourth little dialect, Gaelainn na nDéise. I know a few things about it (Thá instead of Tá, broad L sometimes sounds like broad dh, e.t.c.), but only recently have I started reading some stuff in the dialect.

So has anybody read issues of Linn Bhuí, Fir Mhóra An tSean-Phobail, or any other Déise books and stories?

deise go deo · 24-05-2011 02:38PM

Enkidu wrote: »

(Couldn't resist...)

It seems boards has a lot of people who speak Irish's fourth little dialect, Gaelainn na nDéise. I know a few things about it (Thá instead of Tá, broad L sometimes sounds like broad dh, e.t.c.), but only recently have I started reading some stuff in the dialect.

So has anybody read issues of Linn Bhuí, Fir Mhóra An tSean-Phobail, or any other Déise books and stories?

I approve of this thread:D

There are a few little percularities about Gaelainn na nDéise, like saying 'Haw' instead of Tá, there are also some words that are only found there like 'In Hiding' - 'I gúd' (Approx spelling) Or an 'Accident' - 'kit-er-in'

There is a book called 'Seanchaint na nDéise' that goes through the Irish of An Rinn, it was reserached around 1907, has some nice little phrases in it.
One thing I noticed in it is the spelling of Níl as nín, it was written before the spelling reform so I think it is to reflect the local pronuncation.

Enkidu · 06-06-2011 12:11AM

deise go deo wrote: »

I approve of this thread:D

There are a few little percularities about Gaelainn na nDéise, like saying 'Haw' instead of Tá, there are also some words that are only found there like 'In Hiding' - 'I gúd' (Approx spelling) Or an 'Accident' - 'kit-er-in'

There is a book called 'Seanchaint na nDéise' that goes through the Irish of An Rinn, it was reserached around 1907, has some nice little phrases in it.
One thing I noticed in it is the spelling of Níl as nín, it was written before the spelling reform so I think it is to reflect the local pronuncation.

I love Seanchaint na nDéise. It really shows you how rich Gaeltacht Irish can be. I'm reading "Ar Bóthar Dom" at the moment, it's a collection of folklore, really well written. One thing I learned was the near god like devotion some people in Waterford had/have to Declan of Ardmore, they keep using phrases like "not since the coming of Declan", e.t.c. Anyway I might put up some unique Déise words including ones from the rest of the Déise dialect area. (Tipperary, Limerick)

Enkidu · 17-06-2011 07:59PM

Apparently the Déise area (especially Waterford) kept the relative form of the verb unlike the rest of Munster. Sheehan in Seanchaint na nDéise gives the example:

An fear a bhíos ag caint liom gach aon lá.

bhíos = relative form of bíonn (form following a)

Déise go Deo

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