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...a chuir faoi deara di an tuairt sin a chur uirthi féin don Ghealchathair gach Satharn ina cosa boinn, a choinnigh faoi shíorimní agus ag síorsclábhaíocht í...



go raimh míle maith agaibh

p.s.

what is Cath na bPunann??

Cath na bPunann is a Fianna Story.

something not mentioned.. was what made her take that trip to galway every Saturday in her (bare?) feet and keep her in constant worry and constant hard work (in the sense of servile work)

Maidir le Cath na bPunann, seo giota a chuir mé ar mó bhlag beagnach dhá bhliain ó shin

http://aonghus.blogspot.com/2007/01/cath-na-bpunann.html

"ina cosa boinn"

On reflection I think this is more likely to mean "as fast as her feet could carry her"

bonn = sole (of the foot).

well, you wee stuck as I was in this. It seems an idiom, but who knows what it means?!

Thanks.

I should have checked the dictionary first.
Barefoot was correct.

great!

It means "in her bare feet".

hello everybody I want you to help me in finding non-finite clause once functioning as object another as object in one sentence. Thank alot.

Hello, afraid my Irish is rusty so I won't embarrass myself yet. Was hopeful someone(s) could help me translate some english to Ulster Irish.


Fight with courage, strength and honour.
Protect innocence and rain down fire on evil.



Thanks very much!


--B.J.

Troid le misneach, le neart agus le honóir.

Cosain an tsoineantacht agus scrios an t-olc.


I translated "destroy evil" but wait for other translations 'cause I dunno how you'd say "rain downfire on evil" in a more literal way.

I have this complexed sentence from "An Braon Broghach" which has "dá" that I don't understand:

"Ní bheidh bean phósta in Éirinn feasta dá mbeidh rún
cúirte in éadan a fir aici nach í an oifig seo a
Mecca."

thanks!

There will not be a married woman in Ireland ever again (lit. henceforth) if there is a court ruling against her husband that this office is not her (?) Mecca.

Ach ní thuigim céard atá i gceist. Cén gearrscéal a bhfuil an abair seo le fáil ann? Tá an leabhar sin agam ach níor léigh mé ach ceann nó dhó de na scéalta.

Two things: "dá mbeidh" looks odd. I would expect "dá mbeadh". I'm assuming that the possessive "a" is feminine, since Mecca is not lenited.

In this context 'dá' = 'de + a', meaning 'of those who'

'There won't be a married woman in Ireland in future, of those who'll have a court order against their husbands, for whom this office won't be her Mecca.'

Irish has 'husband' in the singular because each woman has only one husband, but English requires the plural.

but it's inconsistant and incomprehensible, considering that the 'dá' has a sign of plural (m) after it.

even if you say that 'husband' is in singular because it's 'each woman', I think there's more to it.

I just don't know what.

Please, a Sheabhaic, the story??

'a' isn't a possessive adjective - it's a relative particle:

'Is í an bhean is cliste í dá bhfuil aithne agam uirthi.' = 'She is the smartest woman of those whom I know.'

this is taken from: An Braon Broghach, page 97, upper half of the page.

Thanks Grumpy, I see my mistake.

Actually, I should have said that 'a' is a relative *pronoun* (I did too much imbibing for a man of my years yesterday).

Anyone know how you might say "rain down fire on evil"? or maybe more simple, "rain fire on evil"
thanks very much, -B.J.

(Message edited by m777gunner on December 28, 2008)

Tá tú sa snáithe mícheart, a mhic. Maidir leis an abairt atá uait, bheinn ag súil lena leithéid ó jihadist nó "laoch" (mar dhea) eile mar sin.