Ceist mhaith a chuir an Mac Léinn.

Níl freagra agam fós.

Tá dornán focail ag de Bhaldraithe ar scold.

Seo ceann acu:
sciolladh [ainm briathartha][ainmfhocal firinscneach]
feannadh, scalladh (leis an teanga), sclamhairt.

Sciollta chun báis, mar sin?

Táimse ag dul a luí anois. Beidh mé thar nais do breis bairseoireacht amárach, le cúnamh Dé

Má chuardaíonn sibh "scold" sa ghluais anseo gheobhaidh sibh liosta fada d'ainmneacha

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/focloiri/daoine/lorg.php

Tá Badhbh ina measc!

Go raibh maith agat a Aonghuis. D'fhéach me sa (i?) de Bhaldraithe ach ni raibh feidir liom é a dhéanamh. Déanfaidh mé staidéar ar do fhreagra.

FRC-GRMA

(Message edited by student on February 11, 2009)

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D'fhéach me sa (i?) de Bhaldraithe ach ni raibh feidir liom é a dhéanamh.

If you meant "I would look if I could", then you need our old friend the Modh Conníollach

D'fhéachfainn i de Bhaldraithe dá bhfhéadfainn.

I meant to say "I looked," which I did look - honest. . But it's always good to say hello to Mo - thanks!

Then I don't understand the second half of your sentence.

Did you look, and fail to find it?

D'fhéach mé i de Bhaldraithe, ach ní bhfuair mé é.

Or did you look, but couldn't compose the phrase?

D'fhéach mé i de Bhaldraithe, ach ní raibh mé in ann an nath a aistriú.

Nó rud éigin eile ar fad?

When I wrote:

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D'fhéach me sa (i?) de Bhaldraithe ach ni raibh feidir liom é a dhéanamh.

I was using "ni raibh féidir liom é a dhéanamh" to mean "I wasn't able to do (construct) it," so it's the last of your examples above that'll work here. I'm a little familiar with "in ann," so I can comprehend its use - thanks!

(Message edited by student on February 12, 2009)

"ni raibh níorbh fhéidir liom é a dhéanamh"

atá uait, a MhL. Except that that leaves the "it" you couldn't do somewhat hanging in the air.

Níorbh fhéidir liom an nath a aistriú/a chumadh

(Message edited by aonghus on February 12, 2009)

I see now that I was mixing up the uses of "bí" and "is" (I was probably thinking of the "tá mé abalta." construction). Tuigim anois, agus d'fhoghlaim mé dhá focal - cumadh agus nath freisin - go raibh maith 'ad.

FRC-GRMA

"Sciollta sceafa" a déarfainn, b'fhéidir (mura bhfuil bás litriúil i gceist.)

(Message edited by abigail on February 12, 2009)

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"Sciollta sceafa"

Iontach!

Cén fréamh atá le sceafa? Nílim in ann é aimsiú ag an Dálach.

Aid.bh. ar "sceamh" atá ann (nó b'fhéidir "sceamhaigh," ach déarfainnse "sceamh.")
Ciallaíonn sé peeled, skinned, whittled down - rud ar bith mar sin. "Sceamhach iongan" mar shampla, sin hangnail.

Go deas. Braithim mo chraiceann ag lúbadh faoin sciolladh!

Áthá! Mar "scamh"/"scafa" atá sé ag Niall an Fhoclóra. Canúint is dócha.

Meas tú? Go hiondúil bíonn na leaganacha aige freisin.

Tá sé mar leagan ag Duinnín. Is dócha go bhfuil an cheart agat mar sin.

Feicim "sceafa" anseo http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sceafa meaning to "shave" in Old English. Sean-bhéarla? (Old English?)

I like Abigail's suggestion, both words start with same "sc" sound - cool.

Sean-bhéarla? (Old English?)

Tá moladh Abigail an-mhaith, agus an uaim ann.

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Sean-bhéarla? (Old English?)

Sea.

(Message edited by aonghus on February 12, 2009)

Sciollta sceafa / Sean-bhéarla? (Old English?)

Amhail "geschabt gescholten", b'fhéidir.