Well done guys for getting through Caibideal a haon!

If you have any remaining questions, don't hesitate to ask!


Thanks, I'll update the file tonight!

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Is that "haunt", in the sense a ghost haunts, or haunt as in following somebody and bothering them?

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

I've updated the file. Different margins, typos fixed and some more info on the final grammar point.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Yep, ghost haunts but it can be used in a stop bothering me context too!

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By the way, I think I saw a few small typos on the notes for Chapter 1:

page 2 Ar do shuaimhneas at your leisure.

page 3 Ladhar (b.f.): Space between your fingers and toes

page 4 I think the word "form" in parentheses should be "from" or maybe just omitted entirely; also, "This is an archaism."

Actually, I think these notes are so good that you should consider getting them published as a study guide for people who are trying to read Séadna.

To-night I'll be starting on Caibideal a Dó. I know I've already said this, but thanks An Lon Dubh and An Cionnfhaolach for all the help!

, no bother!

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Thanks, I'll add it to the notes.

I've never heard the word used in that sense (the "haunting" sense, I've heard the "bothering" and "deafening" senses). Dineen doesn't have it or Ó Dónaill, however some older dictionaries (Early Modern Irish) mention bodhair as haunting. Where have you heard it? I'm always interested in words not to be found in the two dictionaries. There's a good few Early Modern words that I've heard being used that aren't in Dineen.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Caibideal a Trí this weekend. I've yet to update Caibideal a dó again, but I noticed that I didn't include the following phrase:

Ní chuchusan a bhíos.

Literally:
It isn't toward those which I was.

Less literally:
I'm not referring to those.

I'll also try to do a recording.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Me too! Have you other examples? I learned it while reading something on the etymology debates of the word "bodhrán".

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I'm still forging ahead with Caibideal a Dó. I sometimes think that I'm moving along nicely until I come across a sentence like:

"Ní foláir," ar seisean, go neafaiseach, "nó ní hé seo an chéad uair agat ag aireachtaint teacht thairsi siúd."

I just spent the last 20 minutes deciphering that one!

I sure hope Aislingeach is getting on better than I am with this book! So far, I'm sweating blood trying to read this – but of course, I am also learning a lot and I'm definitely not gonna give up.