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brn (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 08:08 am: |
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I know declination comes into it, but how general is the rule that the female name is considered feminine automatically, and beag or mór would be lenited after it? |
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Rg_cuan
Member Username: Rg_cuan
Post Number: 115 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 08:34 am: |
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It applies to any adjective than can be aspirated. |
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Mbm
Member Username: Mbm
Post Number: 182 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:04 am: |
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I'd say it's pretty universal. Although, there is a famous venue in Galway called Róisín Dubh. I find that very strange as a name. Róisín is a girl's name, so it should be Róisín Dhubh, strictly speaking. Mo bhlag sa seanchló Gaelach: www.cainteoir.com
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CJM (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:23 am: |
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Is not the word cailín (a girl ) also masculine ! |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 6417 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:24 am: |
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Yes, because it was once neuter. It still is in German. |
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Peter
Member Username: Peter
Post Number: 400 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 10:46 am: |
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quote:Róisín Dubh Seo dhuit mo ghó-sa faoi seo: mb’fhéidir gur as “ros” (m1)(headland) a tháinig an focailín seo isteach sa teanga… "a black wooded headland"... tá sé ag breathnú alright mar seo. 'Rath Dé agus bail Phádraig ar a bhfeicfidh mé ó éireoidh mé ar maidin go gcodlóidh mé san oíche'
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Seosamh
Member Username: Seosamh
Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 12:40 pm: |
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Ba leis an nGearmáinis 'hros' (capall) an ainm 'Róisín' a Pheter (Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, and Fidelma Maguire. Irish Names, 2nd ed. Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). Is doiligh an 'd' a shéimhiú i ndiaidh an 'n'. Féach 'Bean Dubh an Ghleanna', mar a bhfuil an séimhiú múchta ag na déadaigh, n & d, chomh maith. |
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brn (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 01:06 pm: |
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ya, there is some question about cadad between nouns and adjectives. Some say it is OK, but it is hardly surprising that in speech rules get over generalized from one place to another |
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