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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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franc 91

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

_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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seanchai wrote: »

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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

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

can anybody explain "faduda",(spelling?)

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

Gumbi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An Sionnach Glic

Worztron wrote: »

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

It all depends on the question!

Worztron

An Sionnach Glic wrote: »

It all depends on the question!

For example, it is on the voting posters sometimes.

Gumbi

Worztron wrote: »

For example, it is on the voting posters sometimes.

And typically incorrectly

P. Breathnach

Gumbi wrote: »

And typically incorrectly

I can't conveniently find the question for the upcoming referendum, but I think that you will find that Tá and Níl are not used incorrectly. The question is usually of the form An bhfuil tú sásta ...?

Contrived: yes; inelegant: yes; incorrect: I don't think so.

Gumbi

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I can't conveniently find the question for the upcoming referendum, but I think that you will find that Tá and Níl are not used incorrectly. The question is usually of the form An bhfuil tú sásta ...?

Contrived: yes; inelegant: yes; incorrect: I don't think so.

I agree. I mis-worded. Illogically and inelegantly I meant.

Worztron

Is Vóta Aon correct as Vote No?

Gumbi

Worztron wrote: »

Is Vóta Aon correct as Vote No?

No...that doesn't actually make sense actually. It looks like a much-garbled version of no vote.

Palytoxin

What would the irish for the phrase "Take me home" be?

Insect Overlord

Palytoxin wrote: »

What would the irish for the phrase "Take me home" be?

"Tóg abhaile mé" if you're saying it to an individual.
"Tógaigí abhaile mé" if you're speaking to more than one person.

Could be changed slightly depending on the context.

Palytoxin

Insect Overlord wrote: »

"Tóg abhaile mé" if you're saying it to an individual.
"Tógaigí abhaile mé" if you're speaking to more than one person.

Could be changed slightly depending on the context.

Thanks, could you say "Tabhair dom abhaile" either?

Insect Overlord

Palytoxin wrote: »

Thanks, could you say "Tabhair dom abhaile" either?

Nope. "Tabhair dom ___" means "Give me ____".

"Tabhair abhaile mé" could work.

It depends on whether you want to be brought home and left there, or taken home and staying in the company of whoever is taking you.

lucianot

Hello, I hope somebody can help me.
I want to name a guitar that I've built and I am considering these words 'yellow ash tree' meaning made of yellow ash tree and also 'the yellow one'.
Or just get the spelling of the brand Fender into Irish.

Thanks.