Tuesday, 15 November 2011

The Sounds of Irish

Now up to page 79.
Problem on this page:
"Is maith an bhail ort ná, fuil
a fhios ag Meidbh tu bheith ag gluaiseacht mar sin
ar seachrán."
The word looks unpronounceable, is it correct, or is it a misprint in the original?

4 comments:

  1. That looks like a form of Méabh

    http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9abh

    Not sure if that spelling is attested elsewhere.

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  2. It is; here http://www.ucd.ie/tlh/text/ws.rc.15.002.text.html

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  3. GRMA a Aonghuis.
    So you are saying it is correct.
    Many thanks.

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  4. With a name as ancient as Medb, which has so many forms to state it is "correct" is tricky. Unless it is inconsistent with somewhere else in the text, I'd say it is correct.

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