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Macdara
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Username: Macdara
Post Number: 241
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011 - 06:21 am: |     |
'Sin an briathar Dé'.So say Priests - and Protestant Ministers gan amhras - after a reading from the Gospels.
But why 'briathar' rather than 'focal'? Nobody at our cómhrá can say.And I'm getting a bad name for interrupting our novels etc. with obscure questions!
I'm sure there's a simple explanation. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 11743
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011 - 08:13 am: | |
Tá briathar níos gníomhaí! http://www.potafocal.com/Search.aspx?Text=briathar Deir MBM go bhfuil sé "seanda" ach n'fheadar an aontóinn. Níos sollúnta, cinnte. |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 4007
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011 - 11:19 am: | |
Chiallaigh sé "focal" i nGaeilg Arsa, déarfainn.
Deirtear an rud céarna i bhFraincis : "verbe" = a verb i bhFraincis an lae inniu, ach i Laidin agus i Sean-Fhraincis chiallaigh sé "focal" agus mar sin ta sé scriofa sa Bhiobla "au commencement était le verbe" ('Ann sa tosach do bhi an Bhriathar').
Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/ |
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Macdara
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Username: Macdara
Post Number: 242
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 05:35 am: | |
Nios gniomhi - leithscéal fada imithe ar an 'i' !
That makes sense,wonder what it is in old Greek.
Maith agaibh. |
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Macdara
Member
Username: Macdara
Post Number: 243
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 05:35 am: | |
Nios gniomhi - leithscéal fada imithe ar an 'i' !
That makes sense,wonder what it is in old Greek.
Maith agaibh. |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 4009
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 06:18 am: | |
In old Greek:
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
λόγος means word, speech, talk etc.
Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/ |
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