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

Gumbi · 03-05-2012 5:37pm

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

In standard Irish, t doesn't get the d like that ( yeah, my terminology sucks! Haha). It's still used in Munster, though. Don't forget the fada on the o.

I hadn't even thought about the rules, and I agree that the rules don't require the urú. But my idiosyncratic feel for the language makes me put it there.

The missing fada was simply a lapse in attention.

Is binn í Gaeilge na Mumhan

P. Breathnach · 03-05-2012 6:17pm

Gumbi wrote: »

Is binn í Gaeilge na Mumhan

Ní Gaolainn atá agam, ach Gaeilge.

Worztron · 06-05-2012 10:14am

Is Oscailte the Irish for both open and opening?

How would I pronounce these properly?
Oscailte
Oscailt (just means opening right?)

e.g. open source - foinse oscailte

Krusader · 06-05-2012 11:24am

Worztron wrote: »

Is Oscailte the Irish for both open and opening?

How would I pronounce these properly?
Oscailte
Oscailt (just means opening right?)

e.g. open source - foinse oscailte

Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt

Worztron · 06-05-2012 4:02pm

Crosáidí wrote: »

Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt

How should I pronounce these?
Oscailte
Oscailt

Insect Overlord · 06-05-2012 4:05pm

Worztron wrote: »

How should I pronounce these?
Oscailte
Oscailt

Us-kill-teh
Usk-ilt

Gumbi · 06-05-2012 4:27pm

Crosáidí wrote: »

Oscailte is an adjective, it means opened

it is also the genitive of the noun oscailt

Also, the past participle of "open" right?

Worztron · 06-05-2012 5:25pm

Gumbi wrote: »

Also, the past participle of "open" right?

It also means 'Forthright'.

Insect Overlord · 06-05-2012 5:30pm

Worztron wrote: »

It also means 'Forthright'.

Does anybody even use that word in English any more?

It could be argued that oscailte means "open" in the same sense as direct/to the point, but it'd be an old dictionary that would give you that definition.

InKonspikuou2 · 08-05-2012 1:45pm

I've a Canadian friend that emailed me asking if I could help him with translating the following phrase/expression into gaeilge.

"laughter cures the soul".

Or for example, "laughter heals the soul", "laughter can heal the soul" etc. However close the translation can be in gaeilge. Thanks very much in advance.

An gal gréine · 09-05-2012 5:27pm

Corraíonn an gáire an t-anam.

deise go deo · 09-05-2012 6:34pm

Whats the Irish for procrastinating?

I have an exam tomorrow.

An gal gréine · 09-05-2012 6:42pm

Ag moilleadóireacht

Aimsigh · 16-06-2012 6:28pm

Can some one help me with this,

I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'

*Really need to brush up on my grammar*

franc 91 · 16-06-2012 6:33pm

an Ghaeilge (Gaeilge is feminine)

music888 · 16-06-2012 6:36pm

Aimsigh wrote: »

Can some one help me with this,

I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'

*Really need to brush up on my grammar*

It's the 2nd 1! 'Gaeilge' is feminine so when you put 'an' in front of it it takes a 'h'; an Ghaeilge.

Aimsigh · 16-06-2012 6:38pm

Go raibh maith agaibh Franc 91 agus Music888:)

Krusader · 16-06-2012 11:40pm

Aimsigh wrote: »

Can some one help me with this,

I am looking for a translation for 'Where's the Irish?'

I am stuck between 'Cá bhfuil an Gaeilge', and 'Cá bhfuil an Ghaeilge'

*Really need to brush up on my grammar*

All languages are feminine except English (Béarla)

MaryKirwan · 28-06-2012 4:00pm

I'm compiling lists of vocabulary and organizing them according to topic. Is "vocabulary on"
"foclóir faoi"?

Insect Overlord · 28-06-2012 5:11pm

I'd go with "foclóir i leith" and then put the next word in the Tuiseal Ginideach.
Wait for other suggestions though.

Enkidu · 28-06-2012 8:18pm

For eighty children we had earlier:

Insect Overlord wrote: »

"Ochtó páiste."

You write/speak a dialect that still uses genitive plurals after multiples of ten, that's pretty cool. (or maybe the standard still does it).

MaryKirwan · 30-06-2012 4:47pm

cad is "tíosmhéid"? Nach bhfuil sé san fhoclóir. An comhthéacs: "leagtar síos sa siollabas an tíosmhéid teanga atá riachtanach chun go mbeidh..."

Insect Overlord · 30-06-2012 5:48pm

MaryKirwan wrote: »

cad is "tíosmhéid"? Nach bhfuil sé san fhoclóir. An comhthéacs: "leagtar síos sa siollabas an tíosmhéid teanga atá riachtanach chun go mbeidh..."

Scríobhfainn é mar "an t-íosmhéid". Minimum atá i gceist.

Worztron · 13-09-2012 8:57am

How would I say "Please can I go to the toilet?" in Irish?

franc 91 · 13-09-2012 9:29am

An bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dti (with a fada on the 'i') an leithreas màs é do thoil é?
or -
An bhfuil cead agam ghabhàil chun an leithris, le do thoil? (Ulster)
or - 'bhfuil cead 'am a ghabhàil amach? (Conamara)
or - 'bhfuil cead 'am a ghabhàil chuig teach an asail?
(suggestions)

franc 91 · 13-09-2012 11:06am

I just wanted to add (hoping that it won't be judged too off-topic, he says) that there's a little bilingual book written by Gabriel Fitzmaurice called 'Do Teachers go to the Toilet?/An dTéann Mùinteori go Tigh an Asail?' published by Mercier.ie if you like bilingual toilet humour.

_LilyRose_ · 20-09-2012 7:43pm

Conas a deirim 'a perfect recipe for tragedy' as Gaeilge más é do thoil é? Tá 'measc foirfe do thragóid' scríofa síos agam, ach nílim cinnte- tá fhois agam go bhfuil sé mícheart!
Brón orm do mo Ghaeilge...

Neewbie_noob · 20-09-2012 7:44pm

Worztron wrote: »

What does this mean? Uibh Fhaili abú!

G'wan Offaly or something like that.

Uibh Fhaili = Offally

abú = g'wan or something like that.

You might get more accurate answers in teach na nGealt

Neewbie_noob · 20-09-2012 7:46pm

franc 91 wrote: »

an Ghaeilge (Gaeilge is feminine)

+1000

someone give this lady /gent a medal

Great to see a good command of "ár dteanga dhúchais".

Feathers · 20-09-2012 10:09pm

I learned the word bainis for wedding yesterday & the first thing I could think of was bainisteoir

Any link between these two, or just me thinking in English? (Know it's not 100% on topic, but didn't think it warranted a thread of its own.)

franc 91 · 21-09-2012 10:11am

Just to answer Neewbie_noob - is fear mé and I'm not a native speaker and not even Irish, but thanks anyway.

An gal gréine · 21-09-2012 2:01pm

_LilyRose_ wrote: »

Conas a deirim 'a perfect recipe for tragedy' as Gaeilge más é do thoil é? Tá 'measc foirfe do thragóid' scríofa síos agam, ach nílim cinnte- tá fhois agam go bhfuil sé mícheart!
Brón orm do mo Ghaeilge...

Bealach mín na tubaiste.

franc 91 · 21-09-2012 9:39pm

I've just been asking about bainisteoir and bainis - yes you're on the right track there - bainisteoir was someone who was capable of organising a party or ball and having to organise one where you had to bring two families together who weren't necessarily on good terms with each other couldn't have been easy - there was certainly a high degree of knowing how to manage people that was needed.

Feathers · 22-09-2012 7:17pm

franc 91 wrote: »

I've just been asking about bainisteoir and bainis - yes you're on the right track there - bainisteoir was someone who was capable of organising a party or ball and having to organise one where you had to bring two families together who weren't necessarily on good terms with each other couldn't have been easy - there was certainly a high degree of knowing how to manage people that was needed.

Cool, thanks for the info. Interesting to hear about the etymology of Irish words & nice to know that I'm starting to spot patterns in how the words are formed. Slowly making some progress

Worztron · 26-09-2012 6:08pm

What would the word for Arrivals be in Irish? I briefly saw it on the news today when talking about an airport - it was in 2 words.

Also, the Irish for Departure Gates?

franc 91 · 26-09-2012 7:56pm

If you look at Focal.ie, it's all there
departure gate - geata imeachta
departure hall - halla imeachta
departure lounge - tolglann imeachta
departures - eitilti (with a fada on that last 'i') amach
arrivals - eitilti (with a fada on the last 'i') isteach
arrivals hall - halla teachta - srl

An Sionnach Glic · 26-09-2012 9:52pm

franc 91 wrote: »

If you look at Focal.ie, it's all there
departure gate - geata imeachta
departure hall - halla imeachta
departure lounge - tolglann imeachta
departures - eitilti (with a fada on that last 'i') amach
arrivals - eitilti (with a fada on the last 'i') isteach
arrivals hall - halla teachta - srl

Yes, focal.ie is your only man for modern terminology in Irish.

Seanchai · 27-09-2012 11:13pm

Rachel English or Áine Lawlor on Morning Ireland on Monday after the All-Ireland: "you sang an auld camaile(sp)"

How do you spell "camaile" in English and Irish?

P. Breathnach · 27-09-2012 11:50pm

Seanchai wrote: »

...
How do you spell "camaile" in English and Irish?

It's not an Irish word; it's Hiberno-English, derived from "Come, all you ... " which is the opening of many popular ballads. I'd spell it as you did: camaile.

An Coilean · 28-09-2012 1:15am

P. Breathnach wrote: »

It's not an Irish word; it's Hiberno-English, derived from "Come, all you ... " which is the opening of many popular ballads. I'd spell it as you did: camaile.

Surely its come-all-ye

my my my · 28-09-2012 1:19am

can anybody explain "faduda",(spelling?)

i hear it from donegal irish and it translates to about.

Gumbi · 28-09-2012 1:30am

my my my wrote: »

can anybody explain "faduda",(spelling?)

i hear it from donegal irish and it translates to about.

Donegal Irish is not my speciality, but can you be more specific? About meaning roughly? About specifying a place?

my my my · 28-09-2012 1:59am

Gumbi wrote: »

Donegal Irish is not my speciality, but can you be more specific? About meaning roughly? About specifying a place?

what will we do about it= what will we do faduda?

Gumbi · 28-09-2012 5:18am

my my my wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

Donegal Irish is not my speciality, but can you be more specific? About meaning roughly? About specifying a place?

what will we do about it= what will we do faduda?

Now you have it meaning "about it". I don't have answer.

Krusader · 28-09-2012 7:20pm

my my my wrote: »

can anybody explain "faduda",(spelling?)

i hear it from donegal irish and it translates to about.

its spelt - fá dtaobh de, just another way to say faoi

fá, fé, faoi are all the same

deirdremf · 29-09-2012 10:26pm

Feathers wrote: »

I learned the word bainis for wedding yesterday & the first thing I could think of was bainisteoir

Any link between these two, or just me thinking in English? (Know it's not 100% on topic, but didn't think it warranted a thread of its own.)

franc 91 wrote: »

I've just been asking about bainisteoir and bainis - yes you're on the right track there - bainisteoir was someone who was capable of organising a party or ball and having to organise one where you had to bring two families together who weren't necessarily on good terms with each other couldn't have been easy - there was certainly a high degree of knowing how to manage people that was needed.

I'd have my doubhts about that interpretation.
To the best of my knowledge, bainisteoir is a gaelicised version of "manager"
Stick an urú on the beginning of "bainisteoir" and you get "mbainisteoir" -> /manishter/; the G sound in english words very often becomes "sht" in Irish. So to me, this is by far the most likely derivation of the word.

GoldenPoppy · 30-09-2012 1:42pm

Does anyone know how to translate the following proverb into Irish:
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"
Thanks

Worztron · 26-10-2012 9:49am

The proper way to say these in Irish?
Vote No
Vote Yes = Vótáil Tá?

An Sionnach Glic · 26-10-2012 10:02am

Worztron wrote: »

The proper way to say these in Irish?
Vote No
Vote Yes = Vótáil Tá?

It all depends on the question!

Worztron · 26-10-2012 10:18am

An Sionnach Glic wrote: »

It all depends on the question!

For example, it is on the voting posters sometimes.

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