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feannagan, is it the same in Irish Gaelic?

  • 25-12-2011 6:11pm
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    odds_on
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    I have come across the Scots Gaelic word feannagan which I believe means trench and refers to "lazybeds" which were for growing potatoes. I was wondering if it is the same in Irish Gaelic.
    Does anyone know?

    Not being a Gaelic speaker (apart from a few common phrases), can you give me an idea of how to pronounce the word.

    Many thanks in advance.


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    franc 91
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    According to Wikipedia they use the word in Ireland too, but in the Focloir.ie it isn't there at all and the word for a lazy-bed is quite different. According to Dealbhadair (on Flickr) it's pronounced as fya-nak-un.


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    An gal gréine
    Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    odds_on wrote: »
    I have come across the Scots Gaelic word feannagan which I believe means trench and refers to "lazybeds" which were for growing potatoes. I was wondering if it is the same in Irish Gaelic.
    Does anyone know?

    Not being a Gaelic speaker (apart from a few common phrases), can you give me an idea of how to pronounce the word.

    Many thanks in advance.

    Fan-a -gon should be the pronunciation, and you have it in the plural. Feannag is the singular in Gàidhlig.
    There is'nt a similar-sounding word in Ireland for it.
    We have iomaire for a ridge and in Gàidhlig it's iomair.


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