Irish Class, August 6, 2012

Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá Mí na Lúnasa 2012

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Mithid & Oiread

Mithid refers to “time” in a particular way. It is used in expressions like “It’s about time that …” or “It was high time that …”. It refers to due time, convenient time, appropriate time.

• Nuair nach dtagann duine nó rud go mbíonn sé thar am dó teacht, ‘is mithid dó teacht,’ a deirtear.

  tagann	comes	pres. of tar
  dó	for him/it	← do + é

• Tá mí anois ó scríobh mo chara chugam — is mithid dom é a fhreagairt.

  mí	month

• Tá an seanghluaisteán seo i riocht titim as a chéile, ba mhithid dom ceann nua a cheannach.

  seanghluaisteán	old car
  riocht	shape, form
  tabhair faoi deara	to note

• ‘Ag dul a chodladh atá tú?’ ‘Is ea go deimhin; nach mithid d’aon duine a bheith ina chodladh ar a haon déag?’

• Ba mhithid don chapall sin rás a bhuachan.

  It is time for that horse to win a race

• Nuair a bhíonn maith nó cabhair nó fuascailt éigin i bhfad gan teacht is é a deirtear nuair a thagann sé sa deireadh: ‘Más maith is mithid é!’

  cabhair	help, assistance
  fuascailt	release, deliverance, solution
  éigin	some
  más	if

• Tuigeann sé anois go ndearna sé dearmad. Ba mhithid go dtuigfeadh sé é.

  dearna	did, made	p dep of déan
  dearmad	mistake, omission, forgetfullness, negligence	m1

• Ní mhúchann sé an solas gur mithid leis titim dá chodladh.

  múch		smother, extinguish

• Nuair ba mhithid leis dul abhaile, bhí an gluaisteán chomh fuar sin nach ngluaisfeadh sé dó.

  gluais	move, set in motion
  dó	for him/it	← do + é
  nach ngluaisfeadh sé dó	it would not start

• Nuair a thagann mí Bhealtaine is mithid le daoine triall ar an bportach chun móin na bliana a bhaint.

  triall	journey, expedition
  portach	bog	m1
  móin	peat

• Trí seachtaine roimh Nollaig, is mithid le siopadóirí a bheith ag gléasadh nó ag cóiriú na bhfuinneog.

  gléas	arrange, prepare
  cóiriú	arrangement, dressing, preparing, mending

• Tháinig Seán agus is mithid dó sin.
  Seán has come and it’s about high time he did.

• Ba mhithid dó pósadh.

  It was time he was married.

Additional Usage Notes

• Nuair a tháinig ar a mhithidí féin.
  in his own good time.

• Ag brath ar a, ag feitheamh/fanacht lena, mhithidí.
  awaiting his convenience. [negative connotation]

• Ní ar mo mhithidí atá.
  it is not for me to choose the time.

• Is mithid liom …
  It is time to …

• Is mithid dom …
  It is time for me to …

• Ní mithid dom dul ann fós.
  It is not yet time for me to go there.

Oiread means “amount,” at heart. But it is probably more often used in comparisons – that amount of, as much as, twice as much as, etc., and even to express “either” in the sense of “not either” at the end of a clause or sentence – rather than just to express “amount” or “quantity” in typical statements.

• Níl a oiread agam leatsa.

• Níl a oiread céille agat le cearc, i.e. is mó ciall a bhíonn ag cearc ná mar atá agatsa agus ní mor le rá é sin.

  ciall	sense	gs céille. ds céill
  mor le rá	big deal

• ‘An itheann an fear sin feoil?’ ‘Ni itheann, ná iasc ach a oiread.’

  ach a oiread	either

• ‘An bhfuair sé a dhóthain den chíste milis?’ ‘Fuair sé a oiread de is ba leor dó.’

  dóthain	enough, sufficiency
  leor	much, many

• Is baol nach bhfuil a oiread fuinseoige sa tír is a choimeádfaidh camáin linn.

  baol	danger
  fuinseog	ash	f2
  coimeád	keep, observe, guard
  camán	stick	m1 hurling

• Níl a oiread is a chaochfadh do shúil de thobac sa siopa.

  caoch	blind
  súil	eye, expectation
  caoch do shúil	wink

• Tá a oiread is a shnámhfadh bád de thae ólta againn anois.

  a shnámhfadh bád	float a boat	lit, “swim”

• Cheannaigh sé a oiread leabhar is nach mbeidh léite aige go brách.

  léigh	read	va léite

• Tá a dhá oiread, a thrí oiread, a sheacht n-oiread airgid ag Sean le Séamas.

• Tá a oiread le déanamh ná feadair mé cá dtosóidh me.

  tosaigh	begin
  ná feadair mé	I don’t know

• Níl a oiread aithne air léi.

• Fuair me buille de chamán sa cheann agus d’éirigh oiread mo dhoirn de chnapán air.

  camán	stick	m1 hurling
  doirn	fist
  cnapán	lump

• Ná tabhair a oiread de shásamh dóibh.

sásaigh	satisfy, please
a oiread de shásamh	that much satisfaction

Additional Usage Notes

Oiread is basically a noun without gender! It looks very much like a masculine noun,
but you never see or hear an t-oiread, and you don’t use the feminine article na in the genitive. It is followed by the masculine form of the adjective. That ach a oiread form (“either, neither”) is also seen as ach an oiread, but in either case, it is generally said (and sometimes written) “ach oiread“.

• Comparisons:

  oiread le [for nouns]. oiread is [for verbs]

• A oiread ba bheo iad.
  as long as they were alive.

• Bhí a oiread deifre orainn leis an obair …
  we were in such a hurry with the work …

• Dá mbeadh a oiread de mhisneach aige
  If he had that much courage

  Níl a oiread de mhaith ionat.
  you haven’t got the guts

• Déanfaidh mé a oiread duit.
  I’ll do as much for you.

• Ach oiread leat féin
  any more than you

  Ach oiread leis sin
  for that matter

• A oiread is a shásódh é
  as much as that would satisfy/please him

  A oiread is is mian leat
  as much as you wish.

• Ní raibh a oiread is focal as.
  there wasn’t so much as a word out of him.

• Tá do thrí oiread ann
  he is three times your size

  Níl oiread m’ordóige ann
  he’s not as big as my thumb

  Níl m’oiread ann
  he is not as big as me.

• Oiread dubh na h-iongan
  as big as the black of the (finger)nail

• Dá oiread
  for its size

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An mbeidh an Sindo níos báúla don Ghaeilge?

báúil	sympathetic

1. NÍL aon dabht ach go bhfuil an
   Irish Independent níos báúla
   don Ghaeilge ná mar a bhí.
   Tráth dá raibh ní raibh ach trí
   scéal sa nuachtán faoin
   nGaeilge; 1. Tá an Ghaeilge
   marbh/ag fáil báis, 2. Caitear
   an-iomarca airgid ar an
   nGaeilge agus 3. Is bac í an
   Ghaeilge ar dhul chun cinn an
   chine daonna.

   tráth	time
   bac	hindrance, barrier
   cinn	surpass, overcome
   dul chin cinn	to the advancement
   cine	race

2. Tá an-athrú
   tagtha ar chúrsaí le blianta
   beaga anuas, go háirithe ó
   chuireadh an nuachtán ar fáil
   saor in aisce le Foinse ar an
   gCéadaoin. Céard faoin Sunday Independent, áfach? Go
   traidisiúnta bhí an nuachtán
   thar a bheith naimhdeach don
   Ghaeilge, go háirithe colú-
   naithe ar nós Emer Kelly, Eilis
   O’Hanlon agus Declan Lynch.

   tagtha	coming	va of tar
   áirithe	certain, particular
   aisce	charge
   áfach	however

3. Scríobh beirt Ghaeilgeoirí ailt
   don Sindo le roinnt blianta
   anuas áfach, Marc Coleman
   agus Concubhar Ó Liatháin,
   ach an bhfuil seans ann go
   mbeidh an páipéar níos báúla
   fós don teanga amach anseo?

   amach anseo	from now on

4. Bhuel, tá an ruaig curtha ag
   Denis O’Brien ar Gavin O’Reilly ó Independent News and
   Media agus smacht nach mór
   faighte aige ar an gcomhlacht.
   Dealraíonn sé go cuireann
   O’Brien a pháistí chuig bunscoil lánGhaeilge, Scoil Bhríde
   i Raghnallach, Baile Átha
   Cliath, mar sin is cosúil gur
   féidir linn glacadh leis nach
   bhfuil sé in aghaidh na Gaeilge
   ar aon chaoi!
   

   ruaig	chase, rout, attack
   smacht	control
   nach mór	almost
   samhlaigh	imagine
   comhlacht	company

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