Someone on another forum is asking what term one would use for one's ex-wife/husband. Anybody here have an idea?

Redwolf

iar- or sean- would be my idea....



I'd call my ex really early in the morning....

According to focal.ie, ex-husband is 'iarfhear céile'

http://www.focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=ex ... ng=3116649

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I told the gal on the other forum it would depend on whether you and he/she were still speaking.

I was just going to say that their are more colourful words to describe exes.

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Could you use the word colscartha here?

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

Well until recent years, until divorce became legal, we didn't have "exs" in Ireland.
People separated, but they were still married. In the old days people rarely separated, even in a bad or abusive marriage, people were pressurised by tradition and catholic law to stay together,and no place to go for support if they did leave.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Which is kinda funny when divorce was perfectly legal in ancient Ireland, in fact the Brethon laws had a complex set of regulations governing marriage and divorce, and seem extremely fair by modern, western standards, except maybe for the polygamy

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/marriage_ei.html

I also read somewhere that as the "native Irish Church" began to lose influence after the 12th century, due to the coming of the Normans and the more established church, one day of the year was devoted totally to divorce.

Cian

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Brehon law actually had a provision for a woman separating from her husband if:

(a) He was "too gay", that is he slept with younger men too frequently.
(b) He was so fat it got in the way of sex.

It's in Fergus Kelly's A guide to early Irish law.

There are also legal texts dealing with the correct price for rent boys:

http://nimill.blogspot.ie/2012/08/rent-boys-anallod.html

Not to mention the legal texts (such as Catshleachta) that classified the kinds of cats and the penalties if you harmed them or they harmed your property. The best being
the Meone, that being The mighty cat that mews according to Catshleachta.

http://www.dias.ie/images/stories/celtics/pubs/celtica/c25/c25-143-159.pdf

Some very funny stuff in Brehon law.

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