Hello Folks,

I've been reading "Fin de secle na Gaeilge" by Brian ó Conchubhair and came across a word I'm not too sure of. I cant' for the life of me find what "Breactheanga" means. Does it mean broken language by chance? or something of that nature?

thanks,

Swiss

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Yes, it means "broken-language.' The example given on Breis is "breac-Ghaeilge".

Breac in the Irish idiom means spots, parts, widespread. i.e of the use in language
Tá an pháirc breactha le carraigeacha agus cloch. The field is full rocks and stone(s).
Tá cloigeann breac ar mo shearrach-sa . My foal is star-faced(It has a white spot on it face)
Níl acu ach Breacghaeilge i gcomparáid lena muintir rompu a raibh togh na Gaeilge acu.
They only have part-Irish(poorly spoken) in comparison with their folk before them who were fluent in Irish.

Also throat and brack bread, and semi and mixed states, unevenness etc

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I think another equivalent word in English would be - speckled.

Thanks! That's a good word to know.

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Just what I was about to say, as I think it makes the word very graphic: Breactheanga -- speckle-tongue. If it's speckled, it's not one thing or the other -- a speckled horse is not a single colour.

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I mean the trout, the fish. Writing stuff on the Ipad can be a read pain

If your throat was 'breac' you might want to seek help

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A breac-Ghaeltacht is an area with some Irish - patchy. I have heard it in the context of: 'It's more of a breac-Ghaeltacht than a Gaeltacht these days.'

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I am also reading "Fin de Siecle na Gaeilge" and would highly recommend it to anybody having an interest in na conspóidí faoi caint na ndaoine agus na gcanúintí (Dineen) agus ''Classical Irish (Seathrún Céitinn). The author uses the word ''curanta'' in talking about one of Dineen's letters as in "labhair sé nó scríobh sé go curanta''.
Anybody familiar with the word or it's usage ?. Couldn't find it in any of the dictionaries !

Séamus