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Do_chinniúint
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Username: Do_chinniúint
Post Number: 308
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:11 am: |   
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I found this verb interesting...
adhmhill, v.t. Destroy utterly (FGB page 8)
I am trying to think of a sentence that could use this verb correctly???
Adhmhilleann sí a háiméar.
Tá sí ag adhmhilleadh a háiméar.
Or something along these lines???
(Message edited by do_chinniúint on May 20, 2008) |
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 1449
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 03:58 pm: |
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Sin an-chosúil leis an sloinne 'Hamill' sa Ghaeilge!
A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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Do_chinniúint
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Username: Do_chinniúint
Post Number: 309
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:19 pm: |
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Hamill???
Is there a story there a Dhomhnall...LOL |
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 459
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:13 am: |
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Adhmhill
Is that spelled correctly?
C le C, L le L... |
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Bearn
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Username: Bearn
Post Number: 568
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 03:22 am: |
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It's a prefix and they can break the rule, given they are perceived for a time as separate
sold!
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Do_chinniúint
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Username: Do_chinniúint
Post Number: 310
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 09:47 am: |
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Would my sentences be correct then?
They look funny to me...
Adhmhilleann sí a háiméar.
Tá sí ag adhmhilleadh a háiméar. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 7131
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:02 am: |
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Probably technically correct; I wasn't able to find any examples. It's a technical word. The only examples I could find were for weapons of mass destruction. http://www.google.ie/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2 006-39,GGLJ:en-GB&q=adhmhillte |
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Dennis
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Username: Dennis
Post Number: 3845
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:15 am: |
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quote:Tá sí ag adhmhilleadh a háiméir. ... to be totally technically correct. But wow, it's sure not everyday Irish.
"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."
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Do_chinniúint
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Username: Do_chinniúint
Post Number: 314
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 01:15 pm: |
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lol
Total chaos, the perfect word for my Irish ;) |
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Bearn
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Username: Bearn
Post Number: 570
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:33 am: |
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"Tá sí ag adhmhilleadh a háiméar."
Repeat after me class: She's *totally* anhilating her opportunity...
sold!
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 460
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 01:44 am: |
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It's a prefix and they can break the rule, given they are perceived for a time as separate
Me no get it. But what else is new!
Can I get some detail here? Maybe throw me a bone, if it's not too much trouble? |
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Bearn
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Username: Bearn
Post Number: 571
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 09:12 am: |
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Just look at ath- itself -it breaks the C le C etc rule all the time
céim does too
cam
cleith
crann
These are only from a cursory scan of A -C in the dictionary.
Pre and postfixing elements by their nature have meanings (think of pro in pro-player, ante in antedate, for example) and can be bound to other entities. Some can get permanently bound (óg for example) once they go 'out of production' as it were.
Given their mobility and that once would say their usage follows the needs of speakers as it arises, there are going to be examples where combinations that are outside of usual occur. In Irish the pronunciation is not a problem, but the spelling will clash at times -just know them to be what they are and is OK
sold!
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