Words, phrases and grammar from the Cattle raid of Cooley story
Táin Bó Cuailnge.The Cattle Raid of Cooley.Buíochas mór le Ann Hart a chuir an scéilín seo le chéile agus a thug a beannacht dúinn iad a thaifeadadh.
Posted by Club Óige Ard Mhacha on Friday, 15 May 2020
Gluais
banríon – queen
saibhir – rich saibhreas – riches, wealth
tarbh – bull
adharca – horns (sg. adharc)
fionnbheannach – white-horned aonbheannach – unicorn (one-horned)
tarcaisnigh – to disparage, to insult
teachtaire – messenger
laochra – heroes (sg. laoch)
ionsaí – attack (br. Ionsaigh)
geis – spell
fiabhras – fever
mallacht – curse
cosain – protect
gluaiseacht – moving
raic – wreck
áth – ford
comhrac – battle
roinn – share
luibheanna – herbs (sg. luibh)
cneasaigh – to heal
créachtaí – wounds (sg. créacht)
sleá – spear (ga – spear)
draíocht – magic
marbh – dead
tiomáin – drive (to drive cattle or to drive a car)
búiríl – bellowing, roaring
cloígh – wear down, subdue, overthrow
pléasc – explode, burst
éad – jealousy
saint – greed
Frasaí
chuir sí fios ar – to seek, to summon, to send word for
rinne siad réidh – they got ready
de thoradh
bhí air – he had to be
i dtreo – in the direction of
dul i gcomhrac – go into battle
ar feadh an lae – for the duration of the day
i gcoinne a chéile – against each other (in éadan – against)
tháinig na deora leis – he began to shed tears (lit. tears came to him)
chuaigh siad i gcabhair ar – to come to assist
Gramadach
bean shaibhir/fear saibhir
lenite adjective after feminine noun, where possible. Letters that don’t lenite H, L, N, R, Sc, Sm, Sp, St
ab ea
ea is used for object when in use with the copula, in this case past tense,
eg. present tense – múinteor is ea é, past tense – múinteoir ab ea é
níos mó saibhris
genitive follows níos mó for more
agamsa/agatsa
sa after personal prepositions for emphasis
adharca fada bána
plural adjective with broad ending adds a after. No change if adjective ends in vowel.
arm mór Mhéibhe
genitive of Méabh
a bheadh, a chneasódh
conditional tense 3rd person singular
baineadh, tiomáineadh
past tense autonomous form, ie. was removed, was driven
