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Fahren
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Username: Fahren
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:54 am: | 
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hi. can anyone tell me what the gaelic word for 'shy' is?
shannan |
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Cailindoll
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Username: Cailindoll
Post Number: 29
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 04:02 am: |
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cúthaileach
An duine cúthaileach thú a Shannan? |
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Fahren
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Username: Fahren
Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 10:28 pm: |
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hey. what exactly does this sentence say?
shannan |
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Antaine
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Username: Antaine
Post Number: 264
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 10:36 pm: |
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an duine cúthaileach thú a Shannan
are person shy you Shannan
are you a shy person, Shannan? |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 182
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:05 am: |
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In Donegal, shy is said "faitíoch". |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 452
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:26 am: |
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I found neither in the dictionary -- though I did find:
faiteach
cotúil
You should put thought into which word you pick though, because you may end up with something meaning along the lines of "timid" or "submissive"... which may not be exactly what you're looking for. There's plenty of famous figures who are "shy" but have a capacity to be very aggressive and violent (take Roy Keane for example) so the word "timid" or "submissive" wouldn't fit -- in such as case you'd best describe them as "reserved" or "reticent", and as for the Irish for that... I don't know! |
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Colmán
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Username: Colmán
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 07:22 am: |
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'Cotúil' is bashful or shy; 'cúthail' likewise, though it can also mean modest or quiet; 'scáfar' has the related meaning of timid, though in another context it can mean dreadful or appalling (e.g. 'oíche scáfar'). |
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