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The "What is this Irish word/phrase in English" thread

Worztron

What does this mean? Uibh Fhaili abú!

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An gal gréine

From what I can gather, the ancient name of Mac Ruairí in Ulster became anglised in Tyrone as McRory/McCrory and in Donegal as Rodgers/Rogers.

deise go deo

P. Breathnach wrote: »

It's neither right nor wrong.

Rory is an anglicisation of Ruairí, so the two names are effectively the same, and valid "translations" of one another. Similarly (so far as I know, anyway) Pól is a gaelicisation of Paul, so the words serve as translations of one another.

There is another phenomenon: the matching of Gaelic names with English ones, often on the basis of some similarity. That's fairly arbitrary. Taking Ruairí as the Irish for Roger is one such arbitrary match. Another arbitrary match that I think odd is setting Abigail as the translation for Gobnait. But who is the gainsay anybody saying "My name in English is Jeremiah; In Irish, I wish to be known as Diarmaid"? There is no right or wrong involved.

It might become interesting as our "new Irish" with given names from Eastern Europe or from Africa proceed through the school system, and some of them become enthused by the Irish language. What if little Jumoke decides that she wants to be known in Irish as Gráinne?

Translations that have traditionally been taken to be the same name Bridget - Bríd for examle do not need a deed poll if you wanted to change what appears on your passport, Is there any guideline for at what point you would need a deed poll if you wanted to change your name to an Irish Name.

Worztron

deise go deo wrote: »

Translations that have traditionally been taken to be the same name Bridget - Bríd for examle do not need a deed poll if you wanted to change what appears on your passport, Is there any guideline for at what point you would need a deed poll if you wanted to change your name to an Irish Name.

Do you mean Brigid instead of Bridget?

Worztron

What does the Irish word Sloan mean?

deirdremf

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Pól is a gaelicisation of Paul, so the words serve as translations of one another.

Many saints' names of this type came in with the Normans, so it probably did too - the pronunciation would seem to point in that direction.

There is another phenomenon: the matching of Gaelic names with English ones, often on the basis of some similarity. That's fairly arbitrary. Taking Ruairí as the Irish for Roger is one such arbitrary match. Another arbitrary match that I think odd is setting Abigail as the translation for Gobnait. But who is the gainsay anybody saying "My name in English is Jeremiah; In Irish, I wish to be known as Diarmaid"? There is no right or wrong involved.

I think Diarmaid and Conchubhar were specifically anglicised as Jeremiah and Cornelius in the Cork area. I don't know if that was commonly done elsewhere in Ireland

Worztron wrote: »

What does the Irish word Sloan mean?

Not an Irish word.
You might meen slán which is used as "goodbye" although it means safe.

Focalbhach

deirdremf wrote: »

I think Diarmaid and Conchubhar were specifically anglicised as Jeremiah and Cornelius in the Cork area. I don't know if that was commonly done elsewhere in Ireland

My understanding was Diarmaid/Dermot and Conchubhar/Conor...

Worztron

deirdremf wrote: »

Not an Irish word.
You might meen slán which is used as "goodbye" although it means safe.

Thanks.

I had a list of Irish~English words. One entry was:
A warrior - Sloan

I know warrior is Laoch/Oglach. I really don't know where I copied and pasted A warrior - Sloan from.

Worztron

How would you say this in Irish?

122 / one-hundred-twenty-two

deirdremf

Worztron wrote: »

How would you say this in Irish?

122 / one-hundred-twenty-two

Céad fiche a dó.

deirdremf

Focalbhach wrote: »

My understanding was Diarmaid/Dermot and Conchubhar/Conor...

Yes, that would be the case in most places.
But Cork is different!

deirdremf

Worztron wrote: »

Thanks.

I had a list of Irish~English words. One entry was:
A warrior - Sloan

I know warrior is Laoch/Oglach. I really don't know where I copied and pasted A warrior - Sloan from.

I've no idea where you could have got it from - it might be a spelling mistake?

FYI, I've never seen the combination "OA" in Irish.

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Conchúr, I would use for Conor as I am not a fan of the older (inspired) spelling in general.

Worztron

deirdremf wrote: »

I've no idea where you could have got it from - it might be a spelling mistake?

FYI, I've never seen the combination "OA" in Irish.

I must have copied and pasted it from somewhere.

That is interesting re "OA" - I never knew that.

BlackEdelweiss

I heard this on the radio one day so I am not sure of the spelling or even if it just one word. It sounds like "fahulach" and was used in a context like "oh no" or "that would be terrible".
Anybody know what the real word is and what it actually means?

Focalbhach

BlackEdelweiss wrote: »

I heard this on the radio one day so I am not sure of the spelling or even if it just one word. It sounds like "fahulach" and was used in a context like "oh no" or "that would be terrible".
Anybody know what the real word is and what it actually means?

I know it doesn't quite match the sound you heard, but the nearest thing I can think of offhand is uafásach, to mean terrible/really bad.

Worztron

Focalbhach wrote: »

I know it doesn't quite match the sound you heard, but the nearest thing I can think of offhand is uafásach, to mean terrible/really bad.

Funnily enough I was also thinking of uafásach. But yes, the pronounciation does not match.

franc 91

There's - fadàlach - which can mean tedious

Worztron

franc 91 wrote: »

There's - fadàlach - which can mean tedious

I thought boring/tedious was Leadránach?

Edit: I though fadàlach meant slow? As does Mall.

BlackEdelweiss

I dont think it is uafasach, it was a while ago that I heard it but it has stuck in my mind as more like fo-hu-lach or fa-hu-lach. It was Tom Dunne on his radio show who said it so maybe if anybody knows him they could ask him:)
I cant remember the exact context it was used in but it was something like I mentioned, the other person said something and he agreed with him and said "oh fahulach" as in "yeah terrible" or "yeah crazy" or "yeah chaos" or something like that.

franc 91

Well I looked at Pota Focal to see if there was anything sounded vaguely like what was asked for - there it's given to mean - lingering, slow, tedious and even tiresome.

Worztron

How would I say these as Gaeilge (btw, does "as Gaeilge" literally translate as "in Irish"?)

10,751
101,941
1,007,916
1,003,135,080

whatthefeck

BlackEdelweiss wrote: »

I heard this on the radio one day so I am not sure of the spelling or even if it just one word. It sounds like "fahulach" and was used in a context like "oh no" or "that would be terrible".
Anybody know what the real word is and what it actually means?

"fahulach" sounds very much like flathulach to me.
Flathulach :Generous / Extravagant
"He was very Flathulach with his money"

http://www.forvo.com/word/flaithi%C3%BAlach/

BlackEdelweiss

whatthefeck wrote: »

"fahulach" sounds very much like flathulach to me.
Flathulach :Generous / Extravagant
"He was very Flathulach with his money"

That could be it, it sounds right and as I said I am not too sure of the exact context it was used in as it was a few months ago and the comment could have meant anything the way it was said but that meaning does sound like it could have fitted in with the conversation.

P. Breathnach

BlackEdelweiss wrote: »

That could be it, it sounds right and as I said I am not too sure of the exact context it was used in as it was a few months ago and the comment could have meant anything the way it was said but that meaning does sound like it could have fitted in with the conversation.

While generally used in a positive sense, flaithiúlach can sometimes be used negatively to suggest that a person is extravagant or wasteful. I think it is more often used negatively in English, as in the example whatthefeck gives.

Worztron

How would I say these as Gaeilge (btw, does "as Gaeilge" literally translate as "in Irish"?)

10,751
101,941
1,007,916
1,003,135,080

deise go deo

Worztron wrote: »

How would I say these as Gaeilge (btw, does "as Gaeilge" literally translate as "in Irish"?)

10,751
101,941
1,007,916
1,003,135,080

As Gaeilge dose mean 'in Irish' but the more formal way of saying it would be 'i nGaeilge'

My best guess for those would be

Deich mile, seacht cead, caoga haon.
Cead 's a haon mile, naoi cead, daichead 's a haon.
Miliún 's seacht mile, naoi cead 's sé deag.
Biliún, trí miliún, cead 's trocha cuig mile 's ochto.

Worztron

deise go deo wrote: »

Deich mile, seacht cead, caoga haon.
Cead 's a haon mile, naoi cead, daichead 's a haon.
Miliún 's seacht mile, naoi cead 's sé deag.
Biliún, trí miliún, cead 's trocha cuig mile 's ochto.

Do you mean this?

Deich mile, seacht cead, caoga haon.
Cead's a haon mile, naoi cead, daichead's a haon.
Miliún's seacht mile, naoi cead's sé deag.
Biliún, trí miliún, cead's trocha cuig mile's ochto.

Cead means "permit".
Should it be "Deich míle, seacht gcéad, caoga amháin."?

Did you mean for the space after 's?

franc 91

Céad (with a fada on the 'e') can mean a hundred or a century or first (an chéad - the first) - cead (without the fada) means permission - as you said.

Worztron

The Irish word for anarchism?

franc 91

If you look at focal.ie under the heading - philosophy/fealsunacht (with a fada on the 'u') they give - ainrialachas (fir1) - gu - airialachais