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Caibidil V: Comhairle ón Speıg Neanta
Advice from the Hairy Caterpillar
D’fhéach an Speig Neanta agus Eilís ar a chéile ar
feadh tamaill gan focal as ceachtar acu: bhain an
Speig Neanta an húca as a bhéal sa deireadh gur labhair léi
go spadánta sámh.
“Cé tusa?” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
The Hairy Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for a while without a a word
from either of them: The hairy Caterpillar took the hooka out of his mouth to speak to her
Sluggishly and easily/peacefully.
“Who are you?” said the hairy Caterpillar.
ceachtar Either, one or other of two; (with neg.) neither spadánta Sluggish, lethargic sámh Peaceful, tranquil; easy, restful; pleasant
Ba bheag misneach a chuir tús a chomhrá ar Eilís.
D’fhreagair sí an Speig Neanta beagán cúthail agus dúirt,
“Is—is ar éigean atá a fhios agam féin i láthair na huaire, a
dhuine uasail—ar a laghad tá a fhios agam cé a bhí ionam
nuair a d’éirigh mé ar maidin inniu, ach is dóigh liom gur
athraíodh mé roinnt uaireanta ina dhiaidh sin.”
Alice had little courage to begin his conversation.
She answered the Hairy Caterpillar a little bashfully and said, “I—I hardly know
myself at the present time, Sir—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning,
I think I was changed several times after that.”
misneach courage freagair answer v cúthail Bashful, shy
“Cad atá tú a rá?” a dúirt an Speig Neant go dian. “Mínigh
thú féin!”
“Tá faitíos orm, a dhuine uasail, “nach féidir liom mé féin
a mhíniú,” a dúirt Eilís, “mar ní mise mé féin, an bhfeiceann
tú?”
“What are you saying?” said the Hairy Caterpillar severely. “Explain yourself!”
“I am afraid, Sir, I can’t explain [it] myself,” said Alice, “as I am not myself, do you see?”
“Ní fheicim,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Tá faitíos orm nach féidir liom an scéal a léiriú níos fearr
ná é sin,” a d’fhreagair Eilís go han-mhúinte, “mar ní
thuigim féin ar dtús é; agus is cúis mearbhaill do dhuine a
lán méideanna éagsúla a bheith aige in aon lá amháin.”
“Ní fíor sin,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“I do not see,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“I am afraid I cannot explain the story better than that,” answered Alice very politely,
“because I don’t understand it first myself; it is a cause of confusion for a person to have many different
sizes in one day.”
“That is not true,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.”
léiriú clarifying, explaining cúis cause; reason, matgter mearbhall Bewilderment, confusion, wandering méid Amount, quantity, extent, degree, number; size, magnitude m pl méideanna éagsúil Unlike, dissimilar; Different, various, diverse
“Bhuel, b’fhéidir nach cúis mearbhaill duitse an scéal fós,”
a dúirt Eilís, “ach fan go n-athróidh tú go crisilid—beidh ort
sin a dhéanamh lá éigin, tá a fhios agat—agus go féileacán
ina dhiaidh sin, braithfidh tú beagán aisteach é, nach dóigh
leat?”
“Well, perhaps the situation is not a cause of confusion for you yet,” said Alice,
“but wait until you change to a chrysalis—you will have to do that some day, you know—
and to a butterfly after that, you will feel a little strange, don’t you think?”
mearbhall Bewilderment, confusion, wandering crisilis chrysalis féileacán butterfly braith feel, perceive
“Ní dóigh liom é ar chor ar bith,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Bhuel, b’fhéidir go bhfuil tusa éagsúil liomsa i do chroí
istigh,” a dúirt Eilís, “ach deirimse [emph] leat go mbraithfinnse [emphatic 1st pers cond.]
fíoraisteach é.”
“Tusa!” a dúirt an Speig Neanta le teann dímheasa. “Cé
thusa?”
“I don’t think it all all,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Well, perhaps you are different from me in your heart inside,” said Alice “but I tell
you it feels truly strange.
“You!” said the Hairy Caterpillar with firm contempt. “Who are you?”
éagsúil Unlike, dissimilar; Different, various, diverse ←éa+cosúil
éa is a negative prefix dímheas disrespect, contempt teann Strength, force [n]; Tight, taut; Firm, strong, solid; bold, assured; Forceful, emphatic; confident, assured
Thug sé sin ar ais go dtí tosach an chomhrá iad. B’olc le
hEilís go raibh an Speig Neanta ag labhairt chomh borb sin
léi, agus tharraing sí í féin aníos agus dúirt go tromchúiseach,
“Is dóigh liom, gur cheart duit a insint dom ar
dtús cé thusa féin.”
“Cén fáth?” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
This brought them back to the beginning of their conversation. It was bad for
Alice that the Hairy Caterpillar had spoken so harshly with her then,
and she pulled herself up and said gravely
“I think you should tell me who you yourself are first.”
“Why?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
tosach beginning borb fierce, rude, harsh tromchúiseach Grave, important, weighty
B’shin cruacheist eile; agus toisc nach raibh freagra maith
ar bith ag Eilís, agus toisc gur ainmhí fíorchancrach a bhí sa
Speig Neanta[sa is altenative to copula], de réir dealraimh, chas sí chun siúil.
“Tar ar ais!” a ghlaoigh an Speig Neanta ina diaidh. “Tá
rud tábhachtach agam le rá leat!”
Bhí cosúlacht mhaith air sin, go deimhin: chas Eilís agus
tháinig sí ar ais.
“Ná caill do stuaim,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“An é sin a bhfuil?” a dúirt Eilís, ag slogadh a cuid feirge
chomh maith agus a d’fhéad sí.
“Ní hé,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
This was another hard question, and because Alice did not any good answer,
and because the Hairy Caterpillar was apparently a truly cantankerous animal,
she turned to walk [away].
“Come back!” called the Hairy Caterpillar after her. “I have something
important to say to you!”
That was promising, indeed. Alice turned and came back.
“Don’t lose your good sense,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Is that it?” said Alice, swallowing her anger as well as she could.
“No,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
toisc because De réir dealraimh apparentlyh tábhachtach important cosúlacht Likeness; appearance, resemblance f stuaim Level-headedness, self-control; good sense, staidness, prudence f slogadh swallow(ing) fearg anger f gs feirge féad Be able to
Cheap Eilís go mbeadh sé chomh maith aici fanacht, mar
ní raibh dada eile le déanamh aici, agus b’fhéidir tar éis an
tsaoil go n-inseodh sé rud éigin di ab fhiú a chloisteáil. Chaith
sé a húca ar feadh roinnt nóiméad gan dada a rá, ach sa
deireadh bhain sé an húca as a bhéal arís agus dúirt, “Is
amhlaidh a cheapann tú gur tháinig athrú ort, an ea?”
Alice thought she might as well stay, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps
after all he would tell her something worth hearing. He smoked his hookah for
several minutes without saying anything, but finally took the hookah out of
his mouth again and said, “So you think you have changed, yes?”
amhlaidh thus, so
“Tá faitíos orm go bhfuil mé athraithe, a dhuine uasail,” a
dúirt Eilís. “Ní féidir liom cuimhneamh ar rudaí mar a
dhéanainn [past hab] roimhe seo—agus ní fhanaim ag an aon mhéid
deich nóiméad as a chéile.”
“I am afraid I am changed, sir,” said Alice. “I cannot remember having done things like
this before—I don’t stay the same size ten minutes one after another”
“Cad iad na rudaí nach féidir leat cuimhneamh orthu?” a
dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Bhuel, rinne mé iarracht ‘Féach mar a ghléasann an
bheach bheag mhín’ a rá, ach tháinig sé uile amach mícheart,”
a dúirt Eilís go gruama.
“Abair, ‘Athair Liam’,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
D’fhill Eilís a lámha agus thosaigh ag aithris:—
“What are the things can’t you remember?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Well, I tried to say ‘Look as the little gentle bee dresses’,
but it all came out wrong,” said Alice sadly.
“Say, ‘Father William’,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
Alice folded her arms and began reciting:—
“Athair Liam,” dúirt a mhac, “tá tú ársa ’gus críon,
’s is liath do chuid gruaige le haois.
Ar do cheann a bhíonn tú ’do [i do?] sheasamh de shíor.
An cuí duit a leithéid de bhaois?”
“I m’óige,” a dúirt sé, “bhíodh eagla ar mo chroí
go loitfinnse [past hab] m’inchinn go brách;
ach is léir dom anois nach bhfuil inchinn im blaosc,
mar sin déanaim é gach uile lá.”
“Father William,” said his son, “you are ancient and withered,
and your hair is gray with age.
You are perpetually standing on your head.
Is such folly fitting?
“In my youth,” he said, “my heart would be afraid
that my brain would be damaged forever;
It is clear to me now my brain is not in my skull,
so I do it every day,
ársa Ancient, antique críon Old; withered, decayed cuí fitting, proper, decent leithéid Like, counterpart, equal; such baois folly loit Hurt, wound; injure, damage inchinn brain go brách forever blaosc shell f
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt a mhac, “is má labhraím go beacht,
is uafásach ramhar ataoi,
ach dheinis cleas cuaille an doras isteach.
An féidir leat insint cén chaoi?”
“I m’óige,” a dúirt sé agus chroith a cheann bán,
“choinnínnse [?] solúbtha mo ghéaga
leis an sárungadh seo, dhá scilling an stán—
an ndíolfaidh mé ceann duit nó péire?”
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt an t-ógfhear, “’s is rólag do chár
d’aon rud is crua ná geir,
ach d’ith tú an ghé idir ghob agus chnámh.
Abair conas a dheinis an mheilt!”
“You are old,” said his son, “and if I speak precisely,
that you are terribly fat
You did a pole somersault in the door
Can you tell [me] how?
“In my youth,” he said and shook his white head
I kept my limbs flexible
with this excellent ointment, two shillings a can—
will I sell you one or a pair?”
“You are old,” said the young man, “and your teeth are too weak
for anything harder than fat,
but you ate a goose [from] bill to bone.
Tell [me] how you chewed!
ataoi = atá tú Munster beacht exact, precise uafásach horrible, terrible ramhar thick, fat cleas trick m solúbtha Flexible, pliable, supple, adaptable sár- Exceeding, surpassing; excellent; ultra-, most ungadh Ointment; unguent, salve lag weak cár mouth, [set of] teeth gé goose f gob beak, bill m idir both [nouns lenited]; between [nouns not lenited]
Dúirt sé “I m’óige is ea [Munster liked to insert is ea, not really necessary]chuaigh mé le dlí
is phléinn [1st pers past hab] le mo bhean ’chuile chás.
Thug sé sin do mo ghialla fuinneamh is brí
a d’fhan agam riamh anall.”
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt a mhac, “is ní mheasfainn aon phioc
den daingne a bheadh i do shúile,
ach chothromaís [2nd conj verb] eascann go beacht ar do smut.
Cad a thug duit an oiread sin stuaime?”
“Trí cheist a d’fhreagair mé. Sin é mo sháith,”
duirt an t-athair, “is cuir uait an gus.
An dócha gur féidir liom éisteacht go lá?
Beir as tú nó brisfead [“I will break” – Munster] do phus!”
He said “In my youth I went to the law
I discuss with my wife every case
It gave my jaws energy and vigor
it stayed with me from time immemorial.”
“You are old,” said his son, “and I would not consider a bit
the Strength that would be in your eyes
but you balanced an eel exactly on your snout
What gave you so much steadiness?
I answered three questions. That is enough for me,”
said the father, “and don’t give yourself self-importance
Is it likely I can listen for a day?
Go away or I will break your face!”
pléigh Plead; discuss; dispute; (With le) Deal with, occupy oneself with cás Case. (a) Instance, circumstances, state of affairs; Concern; matter for concern m giall jaw; hostage m npl gialla fuinneamh Energy; force, vigour; pep, spirit m brí Strength, vigor f anall hither, from the far riamh anall from time immemorial meas Estimate, value, judge; deem, consider pioc Bit, jot, whit, iota daingne Strength, security, firmness, solidity f cothromaigh Even, level; balance, equalize eascann eel beacht exact, precise smut Stump; short piece, portion; snout; Sulky expression, huff stuaim Level-headedness, self-control; good sense, staidness, prudence; Ingenuity, steadiness sáith Feed, fill; sufficiency, enough gus Force, vigor; resource, enterprise; spirit, gumption; self-importance m éisteacht hearing; Silence; patience, forbearance pus (Protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout m Beir as tú Go away! You don’t mean it lub bend so- easy do- not in- Capable of, fit for, fit to be
“Ní dúirt tú é sin i gceart,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Ní ar fad ar fad, tá eagla orm,” a dúirt Eilís, go faiteach.
“Athraíodh [past aut] cuid de na focail.”
“Tá sé bunoscionn ó thús deireadh,” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta go daingean, agus bhí tost ann ar feadh cúpla
nóiméad.
Ba é an Speig Neanta ba thúisce a labhair.
“Cén mhéid is mian leat?” a d’fhiafraigh sé.
“You did not say that correctly,” said the Hairy Caterpillar. “Not at all at all, I fear,”
said Alice timidly. “Some of the words were changed.”
“It is upside down from start to finish,” said the Hairy Caterpillar firmly,
and there was silence for the space of a few minutes.
The Hairy Caterpillar was the first to speak. “What size do you want?” he asked.
“Muise, is cuma liom faoin méid,” a d’fhreagair Eilís go
deifreach. “Níl ann ach gurbh fhearr liom gan athrú chomh
minic sin, tá a fhios agat.”
“Níl a fhios agam,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
Ní dúirt Eilís dada: níor easaontaíodh[aut] léi chomh minic
céanna riamh roimhe sin agus bhraith sí gur [copula for emphasis] ag dul chun
feirge a bhí sí.
“An bhfuil tú sásta leat féin anois?” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta.
“Well, I don’t know about the size,” answered Alice hurriedly.
“Only I would prefer not to change often, you know.”
“I don’t know,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
Alice did not say anything: No one had ever disagreed with her so often ever,
and she felt she was going to be angry.
“Are you happy with yourself now?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
deifreach Hurried, in a hurry easaontaigh le disagreed with past aut céanna same
“Bhuel, b’fhearr liom a bheith beagán ní ba mhó, a dhuine
uasail, murar mhiste leat,” a dúirt Eilís. “Is bocht ainnis an
airde í [subject] trí orlach.”
“Is rímhaith an airde í go deimhin!” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta go feargach, á ardú féin colgdhíreach le linn na
cainte sin (trí orlach ar airde a bhí sé go baileach).
“I would prefer to be a little bigger, sir, if you don’t mind,” said Alice.
“It is miserable being three inches high.”
“It is certainly a great height!” said the Hairy Caterpillar angrily, raising himself
erect during that speech (it was three inches high exactly).
ainnis Miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted; Awkward, ungainly colgdhíreach straight, erect baileach exact
“Ach nílimse cleachtach leis!” a dúirt Eilís go trua mhéalach.
“Is mairg na dúile seo a bheith chomh goilliúnach sin!” a
dúirt sí léi féin.
“Éireoidh tú cleachtach leis sa deireadh,” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta agus chuir sé an húca ar ais ar a bhéal agus thosaigh
á [object of a vn] chaitheamh arís.
“But I am not accustomed to this!” said Alice sorrowfully. “It’s a
pity these creatures are so easily hurt!” she said to herself
“You will become accustomed to it in the end,” said the Hairy Caterpillar and
he put the hookah back in his mouth and began smoking it again.
cleachtach accustoned trua pity, sympathy f méalach sorrowful, lamenting mairg woe, sorrow f dúil desire, fondness, liking; element; creature f gs npl dúile goilliúnach painful, distressing; sensitive, easily hurt
D’fhan Eilís go foighneach go dtoileodh [gram? looks like cond] sé labhairt arís. Tar
éis nóiméid nó dhó bhain an Speig Neanta an húca amach as a
bhéal, rinne méanfach uair nó dhó agus bhain searradh as féin.
Shleamhnaigh sé den mhuisiriún ansin agus shnámh leis [?] isteach
san fhéar, agus ní dúirt sé san imeacht dó ach “Méadóidh
taobh amháin thú agus laghdóidh an taobh eile thú.”
“Cé na taobhanna?” a d’fhiafraigh Eilís di féin.
“Taobhanna an mhuisiriúin,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta, amhail
is dá bhfiafródh sí os ard é; agus i nóiméad eile bhí sé imithe.
Alice patiently and ageeably for him to speak again. After a minute or two the Hairy Caterpillar
took the hookah out of his mouth, yawned once or twice and stretched himself.
He then slid from the mushroom and swam into the grass, and did not say anything as he was going
from it except “One side will increase you and the other side will decrease you.”
“What sides?” asked Alice to herself
“Sides of the mushroom,” said the Hairy Caterpillar, as if she would have asked him aloud; and in another
minute he was gone.
foighneach patient toiligh Will, consent, agree méanfach yawning; yawn Sleamhnaigh slide, slip muisiriún mushroom m Méadaigh Increase, multiply; enlarge, augment; grow bigger laghdaigh Lessen, decrease, diminish; reduce amhail like, as fiafraigh ask
D’fhan Eilís ag breathnú go smaointeach ar an muisiriúin
ar feadh tamaill, agus í ag iarraidh déanamh amach cá raibh
an dá thaobh. Cruth ciorcail a bhí sa mhuisiriún agus mar
sin níorbh fhéidir léi an cheist a fhreagairt. Sa deireadh,
áfach, shín sí a lámha timpeall an mhuisiriúin chomh fada
agus a chuaigh siad, agus bhain píosa den chiumhais le gach
aon lámh.
Alice stayed looking thoughfully at the mushroom for a while and trying make out
what were the two sides. The mushroom was in the shape of a circle and
therefore she could not answer the question. In the end, however,
she stretched her hands around the mushroom for as long as they went and
took a piece of the edge in each hand.
smaointeach Thoughtful, reflective, pensive Cruth Shape, appearance ciorcal áfach however sín stretch v ciumhais border, edge, strip
“Anois cé na taobhanna iad?” a dúirt sí léi féin, agus
chreim sí beagán den phíosa ina lámh dheas le go bhfeicfeadh
sí an toradh a bheadh air. An chéad rud eile d’airigh sí buille
trom faoina smig: bhí a smig tar éis a cos a bhualadh!
“Now what sides are these [which is which]?” she said to herself, and she gnawed a little of the piece in her
right hand to see what the result would be. The next thing she felt was a heavy blow under her chin:
her chin had struck her foot!
creim gnaw toradh Fruit; product, yield; result airigh perceive, sense buille blow, strike trom weight, burden; heavy smig chin bualadh
Scanraigh an t-athrú tobann go mór í. Bhraith sí nach
raibh am ar bith le cailleadh, mar bhí sí ag crapadh chomh
tapa sin [?]; thosaigh sí mar sin ag ithe beagán den phíosa eile.
Bhí a smig brúite go teann in aghaidh a coise agus is ar
éigean a bhí spás aici a béal a oscailt: ach d’éirigh léi ar
deireadh, agus shloig [var] sí beagán den phíosa ina lámh chlé.
She was greatly frightened by the sudden change. She felt there was no time to lose,
as she was shrinking so quickly; so she began eating a little of the other
piece. Her chin was tightly pressed against her leg and she barely had space
to open her mouth: she succeeded in the end and swallowed a piece in her left hand.
Scanraigh Frighten cailleadh loss crapadh Contraction, shrinkage brúite Pressed, crushed ar éigean hardly, barely, with difficulty
“Féach, tá mo chloigeann saor sa deireadh!” a dúirt Eilís
agus[?] ríméad uirthi. Ach rinneadh imní dá háthas go luath,
nuair nach bhfaca sí a guaillí in aon áit. D’fhéach sí síos ach
ní fhaca sí ach fad ollmhór muiníl [gen s] agus é ag éirí mar a bheadh
gas amach as lear duilleog glas i bhfad thíos.
“Look, my head is finally free!” said Alice with joy. But worry was made from her joy quickly,
when she did not see her shoulders anywhere. She looked down but she only saw
a great length of neck rising like a stalk from a great number of green leaves far below.
imní Anxiety, concern ollmhór huge, immense muineál neck m gs muiníl gas stalk, stem; sprig, shoot m duilleog leaf f gen p here
“Cad é an stuif glas sin uile?” a dúirt Eilís. “Agus cár imigh
mo ghuaillí? Och, a [voc] lámha bochta, cén fáth nach bhfeicim
sibh?” Bhí sí á [pronoun object of a verbal noun ] gcorraí [pl] le linn na cainte, ach ní fhaca sí toradh
ar bith air sin ach croitheadh éigin i measc na nduilleog glas
i bhfad síos.
“What is all that green stuff?” said Alice. “And where did my shoulders go? O! Poor
hands, why don’t I see you?” She was moving them during the talk, but she did not see any result
at all except some shaking among the leaves far down.
corraigh move, stir vn corraí toradh Fruit; product, yield; result m croith shake vn & past aut croitheadh
Toisc nach go bhféadfadh sí a lámha a chur aníos chuig a
ceann de réir dealraimh, d’fhéach sí lena ceann a chur síos go
dtí iad, agus nach uirthi a bhí an t-áthas nuair a fuair sí
amach go lúbfadh a muineál go héasca treo ar bith ar nós
nathair nimhe. D’éirigh léi a ceann a lúbadh anuas ina
fhiarlán grástúil. Bhí sí ansin ar tí tumadh i measc na
nduilleog, a bhfuair sí amach fúthu nár dhada iad ach
duilliúr na gcrann a raibh sí roimhe sin ag súil timpeall
faoina mbun, nuair a bhain siosarnach ghéar geit aisti agus
chúb sí go deifreach: bhí colúr mór tar éis eitilt isteach in
éadan Eilíse, agus bhí sé á bualadh go fíochmhar lena
sciatháin.
Because she apparently could not put her hands up to her head, she looked to put her head
down to them, wasn’t she happy when she found out her neck would easily bend in any direction
like a poisonous snake. She started to loop her head downward in a graceful zigzag. She was
about to plunge among the leaves, she found out they were nothing but the leaves of the trees
she had beem walking aroung underneath, when she was startled by a sharp hissing and bent in a hurry:
A big pigeon was flying in Alice’s face and he was fiercely beating her with its wings.
de réir according to dealramh Sheen, splendour, radiance; Look, appearance; likeness, resemblanc De réir dealraimh De réir dealraimh lúb loop, bend f & v muineál neck m éasca Swift, nimble; free, fluent, easy; ready, prompt treo Direction, way m ar nós like nathair nimhe poisonous snake fiarlán zigzag m grástúil Gracious; Benignant, merciful tumadh Dip, dive, plunge, immersion m duilliúr Leaves, foliage m siosarnach hissing; whispering, rustling géar sharp geit jump, start, fright f & v cúb bend; cower, shrinkage deifreach hurried colúr pigeon m éadan front, face m in éadan against, opposed to fíochmhar Furious, ferocious
“Nathair nimhe!” a dúirt an Colúr de scread.
“Ní nathair nimhe mé!” a dúirt Eilís le teann míshásaimh.
“Lig dom!”
“Nathair nimhe, a deirimse arís!” a dúirt an Colúr den dara
huair, ach beagán ní[?] b’ísle, agus le snag ina glór dúirt sí,
“Bhain mé triail as gach aon bhealach, ach ní shásaíonn rud
ar bith iad, de réir cosúlachta.”
“Níl tuairim dá laghad agam céard a bhfuil tú ag caint
faoi,” a dúirt Eilís.
“Poisonous snake!” said the pigeon in a scream.
“I am not a poisonous snake!” said Alice with strong displeasure. “Let me [alone]!”
“Poisonous snake, I say again!” said the pigeon a second time, but a little lower and with a
gasp in its voice it said, “I tried every way, bit nothing satisfies them, apparently.”
“I have not the least idea what you are talking about,” said Alice.
teann Strength, force m míshásaimh Displeasure, dissatisfaction; awkwardness
“Bhain mé triail as fréamhacha crann, as bruacha agus as
fálta,” a dúirt an Colúr ag leanúint dá scéal, gan aon aird a
thabhairt ar Eilís; “ach na nathracha nimhe sin. Ní féidir iad
a shásamh!”
Bhí mearbhall Eilís ag dul i méad i gcónaí, ach cheap sí
nárbh fhearr rud a dhéanfadh sí ná fanacht ina tost go
mbeadh caint an Cholúir críochnaithe.
“I tried tree roots, banks, and hedge,” said the pigeon continuing its story, paying no
attention to Alice; “but those poisonous snakes. They can’t be satisfied!”
Alice’s confusion was always growing, but she thought there was nothing better for her to do but
wait in silence until the pigeon’s speech was finished.
fréamhach roots bruach bank, brink, edge m fál hedge, fence; wall; field, enclosure m pl fálta mearbhall Bewilderment, confusion, wandering tost silence m
“Nach bhfuil mo dhóthain trioblóide agam le gor na
n-uibheacha,” a dúirt an Colúr, “gan a bheith ag faire amach
do nathracha nimhe de ló agus d’oíche! Féach, níor chodail
mé néal le trí seachtaine!”
“Is bocht liom do chrá croí,” a dúirt Eilís, mar bhí sí ag
tosú ag tuiscint an scéil.
“I haven’t got enough trouble with hatching the eggs,” said the pigeon,
“without watching out for a poisonous snake day and night! Look, I did not sleep for three weeks!
“I am so very sorry,” said Alice, because she was beginning to understand the story.
dóthain Enough, sufficiency f trioblóid trouble f gs trioblóide gor heat, warm, incubation m & v faire watch(ing) day dative ló néal nap, snooze; [other] m crá Anguish, torment; distress, sorrow m
“Agus ní túisce a roghnaigh mé an crann is airde sa choill,”
a dúirt an Colúr ag leanúint uirthi agus ag ardú a glóir go
scréach, “agus ní túisce a cheap mé go mbeinn saor uathu sa
deireadh, ná is gá dóibh teacht ag snámh anuas as an spéir!
Och! Nathair nimhe!”
“Ach ní nathair nimhe mé ar chor ar bith!” a dúirt Eilís,
“Níl ionamsa ach—ach—”
“Cad atá ionat?” a dúirt an Colúr. “Is léir dom gur ag
iarraidh rud éigin a chumadh atá tú!”
“No sooner than the highest tree in the wood,” said the Pigeon continuing [her]
raising its voice to a screech, “rather I thought I would finally be free from them,
than they have to come swimming down from the sky. O! Poisonous snake!”
“But I am not a poisonous snake at all,” said Alice, “I am only—only—”
“What are you?” said the pigeon. “It is clear to me that you want to invent something!”
túisce Sooner, rather; first gá need, requirement m Cad atá ionat? What is it that is in you? Workaround to avoid copula
“Cailín beag atá ionam,” a dúirt Eilís beagán amhrasach,
agus í ag cuimhneamh ar na hathruithe uile a tháinig uirthi
an lá sin.
“Sin scéal nach bhfuil cuma ná caoi air!” a dúirt an Colúr
le teann drochmheasa. “Is iomaí sin cailín beag a chonaic mé
le mo linn, ach ní fhaca mé ceann riamh a raibh muineál mar
sin uirthi! Ní hea, ní hea! Is nathair nimhe thú: agus níl aon
mhaith duit é a shéanadh. Is dócha go ndéarfaidh tú liom ar
ball nár bhlais tú ubh ar bith riamh!”
“I am a little girl,” said Alice a little doubtfully, remembering all the changes that
happened to her that day.
“That story does not seem right!” said the pigeon with forceful contempt. “I have seen many little
girls in my time, but never saw one with a neck like that on you! No, No! You are a poisonous
snake: No good for you denying it. You will probably say to me presently that you have
never tasted an egg.”
amhrasach Doubtful; suspicious; Doubtful; suspicious caoi way, manner teann Strength, force drochmheas contempt m gs drochmheas iomaí many séanadh denial m
“Bhlais mé uibheacha roimhe seo, cinnte,” a dúirt Eilís,
mar b’fhírinneach macánta an cailín beag í. “Itheann na
cailíní beaga an oiread uibheacha agus a itheann na
nathracha nimhe, tá a fhios agat.”
“Ní chreidim é,” a dúirt an Colúr; “ach má itheann, is
cineál nathracha [gpl] nimhe iad, sin a bhfuil le rá agamsa.”
“I have tasted eggs before this, certainly,” said Alice, because she was a truthful gentle
little girl. “Little girls eat as many eggs as the poisonous snakes eat, you know.”
“I don’t believe it,” said the pigeon; but if they eat [them], they are a kind of poisonous snake,
that is what I say.
fírinneach truthful macánta Childlike; gentle, meek, mild
Bhí an tuairim sin chomh nua d’Eilís, gur fhan sí ina tost
ar feadh nóiméid, rud a thug an deis don Cholúr a rá freisin,
“Is ag tóraíocht uibheacha atá tú, táim cinnte de sin; agus
nach mar a chéile domsa é cé acu cailín beag nó nathair
nimhe thú?”
“Ní mar a chéile domsa é,” a dúirt Eilís go deifreach, “ach
ní ag tóraíocht uibheacha atáim, mar a tharlaíonn; agus dá
mbeinnse á dtóraíocht, ní bheadh do chuidse [emphatic] uibheacha
uaim: ní maith liom iad amh.”
That idea was new to Alice, and left her silent for a minute, a thing that gave the pigeon
the opportunity to say also, “You are searching for eggs, I am sure of that; and
Isn’t it all the same to me whether you are a little girl or a poisonous snake?
“It is not all the same to me,” said Alice hurriedly, “but I am not searching for eggs,
as it happens, if I were searching for them, I would not have your eggs, I do not like them raw.”
tóraíocht Pursuit; hunt, search f amh raw
“Bhuel, imigh leat, mar sin!” a dúirt an Colúr agus pus
uirthi, agus shoiprigh sí í féin arís ina nead. Chrom Eilís síos
i measc na gcrann chomh maith agus a d’fhéad sí, mar
théadh [past hab?] a muineál in achrann sna craobhacha, agus bhíodh
uirthi stopadh agus é a réiteach. Tar éis tamaill chuimhnigh
sí go raibh píosaí an mhuisiriúin ina lámha go fóill, agus
thosaigh sí ag obair go han-airdeallach, ag creimeadh píosa
amháin seal agus an phíosa eile seal eile, agus ag fás nóiméad
amháin agus ag laghdú nóiméad eile, go dtí gur éirigh léi í
féin a thabhairt anuas go dtí a gnáthairde.
“Well, away with you, then!” said the pigeon with a pout, and snuggled down again in its nest.
Alice bent down among the trees as well as she could, as her neck was caught repeatedly in the tangle of branches,
and she would have to stop and clear it. After a while she remembered there were still pieces of
mushroom in her hands, and she began working very carefully gnawing one piece in turn and the other
piece in another turn, and growing one minute and shrinking another minutes, until she succeeded in bringing herself
down to her usual height.
pus (Protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout m soiprigh Nestle, snuggle nead nest f crom bend, stoop achrann Tangled growth; tangle, entanglement m craobh branch, bough [of tree] airdeallach Alert, watchful
Bhí sé chomh fada sin ó bhí a méid cheart inti nó rud ba
chosúil léi, gur airigh sí an-aisteach ar dtús; ach d’éirigh sí
cleachtach leis tar éis cúpla nóiméad, agus thosaigh sí ag
caint léi féin mar ab iondúil léi. “Féach, tá leath mo phlean
curtha i gcrích agam anois! Nach mór an crá croí iad na
hathruithe seo go léir! Ní bhím cinnte ó nóiméad amháin go
nóiméad eile cad a bheidh ionam! Ach fuair mé mo
sheanmhéid ar ais: an chéad rud eile fáil isteach sa ghairdín
álainn sin—conas is féidir sin a dhéanamh, meas tú?” Nuair
a bhí sí á rá sin tháinig sí ar réiteach sa choill, agus teach
beag ann a bhí thart ar ceithre troithe ar airde. “Cibé duine
atá ina chónaí sa teach sin,” a smaoinigh Eilís, “ní
dhéanfaidh sé cúis dom teacht air sa mhéid seo: mhuise,
scanróinn ina chraiceann é.” Mar sin thosaigh sí ag
creimeadh píosa na láimhe deise [gen of adj] arís, agus ní dheachaigh sí i
ngiorracht don teach gur thug sí í féin síos go dtí naoi
n-orlach nó mar sin.
It was so long since she was her right size or anything like it, she felt strange at first;
but she became accustomed to it after a few minutes, she began to talk to herself as was usual
with her. “Look, I have now completed half my plan! Aren’t all these changes entirely a heartache!
I am not sure from one minute to the next what I will be! But I got my old size back:
The next thing is to get into that beautiful garden—how do you think that can be done?”
When she was saying that she came to a clearing in the wood, and a little house about four feet high.
“Whatever person lives in that house,” thought Alice, “It won’t do to come
in this size: It will scare it in its skin.” So she started gnawing the piece in her right hand
again. and she did not get near to the house until she brought herself down to nine inches or so.
airigh Perceive, sense cleachtach accustomed iondúil Usual, customary leath side, part, direction, half f críoch limit, boundary, end, conclusion f ds crích crá Anguish, torment; distress, sorrow m athrú change, alteration m troigh foot f pl troithe Cibé whoever, whatever scanróinn frighten conditional here giorracht shortness, brevity f
D’fhéach an Speig Neanta agus Eilís ar a chéile ar
feadh tamaill gan focal as ceachtar acu: bhain an
Speig Neanta an húca as a bhéal sa deireadh gur labhair léi
go spadánta sámh.
“Cé tusa?” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
The Hairy Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for a while without a a word
from either of them: The hairy Caterpillar took the hooka out of his mouth to speak to her
Sluggishly and easily/peacefully.
“Who are you?” said the hairy Caterpillar.
| ceachtar | Either, one or other of two; (with neg.) neither | |
| spadánta | Sluggish, lethargic | |
| sámh | Peaceful, tranquil; easy, restful; pleasant | |
Ba bheag misneach a chuir tús a chomhrá ar Eilís. D’fhreagair sí an Speig Neanta beagán cúthail agus dúirt, “Is—is ar éigean atá a fhios agam féin i láthair na huaire, a dhuine uasail—ar a laghad tá a fhios agam cé a bhí ionam nuair a d’éirigh mé ar maidin inniu, ach is dóigh liom gur athraíodh mé roinnt uaireanta ina dhiaidh sin.”
Alice had little courage to begin his conversation. She answered the Hairy Caterpillar a little bashfully and said, “I—I hardly know myself at the present time, Sir—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, I think I was changed several times after that.”
| misneach | courage | |
| freagair | answer | v |
| cúthail | Bashful, shy | |
“Cad atá tú a rá?” a dúirt an Speig Neant go dian. “Mínigh
thú féin!”
“Tá faitíos orm, a dhuine uasail, “nach féidir liom mé féin
a mhíniú,” a dúirt Eilís, “mar ní mise mé féin, an bhfeiceann
tú?”
“What are you saying?” said the Hairy Caterpillar severely. “Explain yourself!”
“I am afraid, Sir, I can’t explain [it] myself,” said Alice, “as I am not myself, do you see?”
“Ní fheicim,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Tá faitíos orm nach féidir liom an scéal a léiriú níos fearr
ná é sin,” a d’fhreagair Eilís go han-mhúinte, “mar ní
thuigim féin ar dtús é; agus is cúis mearbhaill do dhuine a
lán méideanna éagsúla a bheith aige in aon lá amháin.”
“Ní fíor sin,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“I do not see,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“I am afraid I cannot explain the story better than that,” answered Alice very politely,
“because I don’t understand it first myself; it is a cause of confusion for a person to have many different
sizes in one day.”
“That is not true,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.”
| léiriú | clarifying, explaining | |
| cúis | cause; reason, matgter | |
| mearbhall | Bewilderment, confusion, wandering | |
| méid | Amount, quantity, extent, degree, number; size, magnitude | m pl méideanna |
| éagsúil | Unlike, dissimilar; Different, various, diverse | |
“Bhuel, b’fhéidir nach cúis mearbhaill duitse an scéal fós,” a dúirt Eilís, “ach fan go n-athróidh tú go crisilid—beidh ort sin a dhéanamh lá éigin, tá a fhios agat—agus go féileacán ina dhiaidh sin, braithfidh tú beagán aisteach é, nach dóigh leat?”
“Well, perhaps the situation is not a cause of confusion for you yet,” said Alice, “but wait until you change to a chrysalis—you will have to do that some day, you know— and to a butterfly after that, you will feel a little strange, don’t you think?”
| mearbhall | Bewilderment, confusion, wandering | |
| crisilis | chrysalis | |
| féileacán | butterfly | |
| braith | feel, perceive | |
“Ní dóigh liom é ar chor ar bith,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Bhuel, b’fhéidir go bhfuil tusa éagsúil liomsa i do chroí
istigh,” a dúirt Eilís, “ach deirimse [emph] leat go mbraithfinnse [emphatic 1st pers cond.]
fíoraisteach é.”
“Tusa!” a dúirt an Speig Neanta le teann dímheasa. “Cé
thusa?”
“I don’t think it all all,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Well, perhaps you are different from me in your heart inside,” said Alice “but I tell
you it feels truly strange.
“You!” said the Hairy Caterpillar with firm contempt. “Who are you?”
| éagsúil | Unlike, dissimilar; Different, various, diverse | ←éa+cosúil éa is a negative prefix |
| dímheas | disrespect, contempt | |
| teann | Strength, force [n]; Tight, taut; Firm, strong, solid; bold, assured; Forceful, emphatic; confident, assured | |
Thug sé sin ar ais go dtí tosach an chomhrá iad. B’olc le
hEilís go raibh an Speig Neanta ag labhairt chomh borb sin
léi, agus tharraing sí í féin aníos agus dúirt go tromchúiseach,
“Is dóigh liom, gur cheart duit a insint dom ar
dtús cé thusa féin.”
“Cén fáth?” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
This brought them back to the beginning of their conversation. It was bad for
Alice that the Hairy Caterpillar had spoken so harshly with her then,
and she pulled herself up and said gravely
“I think you should tell me who you yourself are first.”
“Why?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
| tosach | beginning | |
| borb | fierce, rude, harsh | |
| tromchúiseach | Grave, important, weighty | |
B’shin cruacheist eile; agus toisc nach raibh freagra maith
ar bith ag Eilís, agus toisc gur ainmhí fíorchancrach a bhí sa
Speig Neanta[sa is altenative to copula], de réir dealraimh, chas sí chun siúil.
“Tar ar ais!” a ghlaoigh an Speig Neanta ina diaidh. “Tá
rud tábhachtach agam le rá leat!”
Bhí cosúlacht mhaith air sin, go deimhin: chas Eilís agus
tháinig sí ar ais.
“Ná caill do stuaim,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“An é sin a bhfuil?” a dúirt Eilís, ag slogadh a cuid feirge
chomh maith agus a d’fhéad sí.
“Ní hé,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
This was another hard question, and because Alice did not any good answer,
and because the Hairy Caterpillar was apparently a truly cantankerous animal,
she turned to walk [away].
“Come back!” called the Hairy Caterpillar after her. “I have something
important to say to you!”
That was promising, indeed. Alice turned and came back.
“Don’t lose your good sense,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Is that it?” said Alice, swallowing her anger as well as she could.
“No,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
| toisc | because | |
| De réir dealraimh | apparentlyh | |
| tábhachtach | important | |
| cosúlacht | Likeness; appearance, resemblance | f |
| stuaim | Level-headedness, self-control; good sense, staidness, prudence | f |
| slogadh | swallow(ing) | |
| fearg | anger | f gs feirge |
| féad | Be able to | |
Cheap Eilís go mbeadh sé chomh maith aici fanacht, mar ní raibh dada eile le déanamh aici, agus b’fhéidir tar éis an tsaoil go n-inseodh sé rud éigin di ab fhiú a chloisteáil. Chaith sé a húca ar feadh roinnt nóiméad gan dada a rá, ach sa deireadh bhain sé an húca as a bhéal arís agus dúirt, “Is amhlaidh a cheapann tú gur tháinig athrú ort, an ea?”
Alice thought she might as well stay, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all he would tell her something worth hearing. He smoked his hookah for several minutes without saying anything, but finally took the hookah out of his mouth again and said, “So you think you have changed, yes?”
| amhlaidh | thus, so | |
“Tá faitíos orm go bhfuil mé athraithe, a dhuine uasail,” a dúirt Eilís. “Ní féidir liom cuimhneamh ar rudaí mar a dhéanainn [past hab] roimhe seo—agus ní fhanaim ag an aon mhéid deich nóiméad as a chéile.”
“I am afraid I am changed, sir,” said Alice. “I cannot remember having done things like this before—I don’t stay the same size ten minutes one after another”
“Cad iad na rudaí nach féidir leat cuimhneamh orthu?” a
dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Bhuel, rinne mé iarracht ‘Féach mar a ghléasann an
bheach bheag mhín’ a rá, ach tháinig sé uile amach mícheart,”
a dúirt Eilís go gruama.
“Abair, ‘Athair Liam’,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
D’fhill Eilís a lámha agus thosaigh ag aithris:—
“What are the things can’t you remember?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
“Well, I tried to say ‘Look as the little gentle bee dresses’,
but it all came out wrong,” said Alice sadly.
“Say, ‘Father William’,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
Alice folded her arms and began reciting:—
“Athair Liam,” dúirt a mhac, “tá tú ársa ’gus críon,
’s is liath do chuid gruaige le haois.
Ar do cheann a bhíonn tú ’do [i do?] sheasamh de shíor.
An cuí duit a leithéid de bhaois?”
“I m’óige,” a dúirt sé, “bhíodh eagla ar mo chroí
go loitfinnse [past hab] m’inchinn go brách;
ach is léir dom anois nach bhfuil inchinn im blaosc,
mar sin déanaim é gach uile lá.”
“Father William,” said his son, “you are ancient and withered,
and your hair is gray with age.
You are perpetually standing on your head.
Is such folly fitting?
“In my youth,” he said, “my heart would be afraid
that my brain would be damaged forever;
It is clear to me now my brain is not in my skull,
so I do it every day,
| ársa | Ancient, antique | |
| críon | Old; withered, decayed | |
| cuí | fitting, proper, decent | |
| leithéid | Like, counterpart, equal; such | |
| baois | folly | |
| loit | Hurt, wound; injure, damage | |
| inchinn | brain | |
| go brách | forever | |
| blaosc | shell | f |
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt a mhac, “is má labhraím go beacht,
is uafásach ramhar ataoi,
ach dheinis cleas cuaille an doras isteach.
An féidir leat insint cén chaoi?”
“I m’óige,” a dúirt sé agus chroith a cheann bán,
“choinnínnse [?] solúbtha mo ghéaga
leis an sárungadh seo, dhá scilling an stán—
an ndíolfaidh mé ceann duit nó péire?”
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt an t-ógfhear, “’s is rólag do chár
d’aon rud is crua ná geir,
ach d’ith tú an ghé idir ghob agus chnámh.
Abair conas a dheinis an mheilt!”
“You are old,” said his son, “and if I speak precisely,
that you are terribly fat
You did a pole somersault in the door
Can you tell [me] how?
“In my youth,” he said and shook his white head
I kept my limbs flexible
with this excellent ointment, two shillings a can—
will I sell you one or a pair?”
“You are old,” said the young man, “and your teeth are too weak
for anything harder than fat,
but you ate a goose [from] bill to bone.
Tell [me] how you chewed!
| ataoi = atá tú | Munster | |
| beacht | exact, precise | |
| uafásach | horrible, terrible | |
| ramhar | thick, fat | |
| cleas | trick | m |
| solúbtha | Flexible, pliable, supple, adaptable | |
| sár- | Exceeding, surpassing; excellent; ultra-, most | |
| ungadh | Ointment; unguent, salve | |
| lag | weak | |
| cár | mouth, [set of] teeth | |
| gé | goose | f |
| gob | beak, bill | m |
| idir | both [nouns lenited]; between [nouns not lenited] | |
Dúirt sé “I m’óige is ea [Munster liked to insert is ea, not really necessary]chuaigh mé le dlí
is phléinn [1st pers past hab] le mo bhean ’chuile chás.
Thug sé sin do mo ghialla fuinneamh is brí
a d’fhan agam riamh anall.”
“Tá tú sean,” dúirt a mhac, “is ní mheasfainn aon phioc
den daingne a bheadh i do shúile,
ach chothromaís [2nd conj verb] eascann go beacht ar do smut.
Cad a thug duit an oiread sin stuaime?”
“Trí cheist a d’fhreagair mé. Sin é mo sháith,”
duirt an t-athair, “is cuir uait an gus.
An dócha gur féidir liom éisteacht go lá?
Beir as tú nó brisfead [“I will break” – Munster] do phus!”
He said “In my youth I went to the law
I discuss with my wife every case
It gave my jaws energy and vigor
it stayed with me from time immemorial.”
“You are old,” said his son, “and I would not consider a bit
the Strength that would be in your eyes
but you balanced an eel exactly on your snout
What gave you so much steadiness?
I answered three questions. That is enough for me,”
said the father, “and don’t give yourself self-importance
Is it likely I can listen for a day?
Go away or I will break your face!”
| pléigh | Plead; discuss; dispute; (With le) Deal with, occupy oneself with | |
| cás | Case. (a) Instance, circumstances, state of affairs; Concern; matter for concern | m |
| giall | jaw; hostage | m npl gialla |
| fuinneamh | Energy; force, vigour; pep, spirit | m |
| brí | Strength, vigor | f |
| anall | hither, from the far | |
| riamh anall | from time immemorial | |
| meas | Estimate, value, judge; deem, consider | |
| pioc | Bit, jot, whit, iota | |
| daingne | Strength, security, firmness, solidity | f |
| cothromaigh | Even, level; balance, equalize | |
| eascann | eel | |
| beacht | exact, precise | |
| smut | Stump; short piece, portion; snout; Sulky expression, huff | |
| stuaim | Level-headedness, self-control; good sense, staidness, prudence; Ingenuity, steadiness | |
| sáith | Feed, fill; sufficiency, enough | |
| gus | Force, vigor; resource, enterprise; spirit, gumption; self-importance | m |
| éisteacht | hearing; Silence; patience, forbearance | |
| pus | (Protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout | m |
| Beir as tú | Go away! You don’t mean it | |
| lub | bend | |
| so- | easy | |
| do- | not | |
| in- | Capable of, fit for, fit to be | |
“Ní dúirt tú é sin i gceart,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
“Ní ar fad ar fad, tá eagla orm,” a dúirt Eilís, go faiteach.
“Athraíodh [past aut] cuid de na focail.”
“Tá sé bunoscionn ó thús deireadh,” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta go daingean, agus bhí tost ann ar feadh cúpla
nóiméad.
Ba é an Speig Neanta ba thúisce a labhair.
“Cén mhéid is mian leat?” a d’fhiafraigh sé.
“You did not say that correctly,” said the Hairy Caterpillar. “Not at all at all, I fear,”
said Alice timidly. “Some of the words were changed.”
“It is upside down from start to finish,” said the Hairy Caterpillar firmly,
and there was silence for the space of a few minutes.
The Hairy Caterpillar was the first to speak. “What size do you want?” he asked.
“Muise, is cuma liom faoin méid,” a d’fhreagair Eilís go
deifreach. “Níl ann ach gurbh fhearr liom gan athrú chomh
minic sin, tá a fhios agat.”
“Níl a fhios agam,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta.
Ní dúirt Eilís dada: níor easaontaíodh[aut] léi chomh minic
céanna riamh roimhe sin agus bhraith sí gur [copula for emphasis] ag dul chun
feirge a bhí sí.
“An bhfuil tú sásta leat féin anois?” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta.
“Well, I don’t know about the size,” answered Alice hurriedly.
“Only I would prefer not to change often, you know.”
“I don’t know,” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
Alice did not say anything: No one had ever disagreed with her so often ever,
and she felt she was going to be angry.
“Are you happy with yourself now?” said the Hairy Caterpillar.
| deifreach | Hurried, in a hurry | |
| easaontaigh le | disagreed with | past aut |
| céanna | same | |
“Bhuel, b’fhearr liom a bheith beagán ní ba mhó, a dhuine
uasail, murar mhiste leat,” a dúirt Eilís. “Is bocht ainnis an
airde í [subject] trí orlach.”
“Is rímhaith an airde í go deimhin!” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta go feargach, á ardú féin colgdhíreach le linn na
cainte sin (trí orlach ar airde a bhí sé go baileach).
“I would prefer to be a little bigger, sir, if you don’t mind,” said Alice.
“It is miserable being three inches high.”
“It is certainly a great height!” said the Hairy Caterpillar angrily, raising himself
erect during that speech (it was three inches high exactly).
| ainnis | Miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted; Awkward, ungainly | |
| colgdhíreach | straight, erect | |
| baileach | exact | |
“Ach nílimse cleachtach leis!” a dúirt Eilís go trua mhéalach.
“Is mairg na dúile seo a bheith chomh goilliúnach sin!” a
dúirt sí léi féin.
“Éireoidh tú cleachtach leis sa deireadh,” a dúirt an Speig
Neanta agus chuir sé an húca ar ais ar a bhéal agus thosaigh
á [object of a vn] chaitheamh arís.
“But I am not accustomed to this!” said Alice sorrowfully. “It’s a
pity these creatures are so easily hurt!” she said to herself
“You will become accustomed to it in the end,” said the Hairy Caterpillar and
he put the hookah back in his mouth and began smoking it again.
| cleachtach | accustoned | |
| trua | pity, sympathy | f |
| méalach | sorrowful, lamenting | |
| mairg | woe, sorrow | f |
| dúil | desire, fondness, liking; element; creature | f gs npl dúile |
| goilliúnach | painful, distressing; sensitive, easily hurt | |
D’fhan Eilís go foighneach go dtoileodh [gram? looks like cond] sé labhairt arís. Tar
éis nóiméid nó dhó bhain an Speig Neanta an húca amach as a
bhéal, rinne méanfach uair nó dhó agus bhain searradh as féin.
Shleamhnaigh sé den mhuisiriún ansin agus shnámh leis [?] isteach
san fhéar, agus ní dúirt sé san imeacht dó ach “Méadóidh
taobh amháin thú agus laghdóidh an taobh eile thú.”
“Cé na taobhanna?” a d’fhiafraigh Eilís di féin.
“Taobhanna an mhuisiriúin,” a dúirt an Speig Neanta, amhail
is dá bhfiafródh sí os ard é; agus i nóiméad eile bhí sé imithe.
Alice patiently and ageeably for him to speak again. After a minute or two the Hairy Caterpillar
took the hookah out of his mouth, yawned once or twice and stretched himself.
He then slid from the mushroom and swam into the grass, and did not say anything as he was going
from it except “One side will increase you and the other side will decrease you.”
“What sides?” asked Alice to herself
“Sides of the mushroom,” said the Hairy Caterpillar, as if she would have asked him aloud; and in another
minute he was gone.
| foighneach | patient | |
| toiligh | Will, consent, agree | |
| méanfach | yawning; yawn | |
| Sleamhnaigh | slide, slip | |
| muisiriún | mushroom | m |
| Méadaigh | Increase, multiply; enlarge, augment; grow bigger | |
| laghdaigh | Lessen, decrease, diminish; reduce | |
| amhail | like, as | |
| fiafraigh | ask | |
D’fhan Eilís ag breathnú go smaointeach ar an muisiriúin ar feadh tamaill, agus í ag iarraidh déanamh amach cá raibh an dá thaobh. Cruth ciorcail a bhí sa mhuisiriún agus mar sin níorbh fhéidir léi an cheist a fhreagairt. Sa deireadh, áfach, shín sí a lámha timpeall an mhuisiriúin chomh fada agus a chuaigh siad, agus bhain píosa den chiumhais le gach aon lámh.
Alice stayed looking thoughfully at the mushroom for a while and trying make out what were the two sides. The mushroom was in the shape of a circle and therefore she could not answer the question. In the end, however, she stretched her hands around the mushroom for as long as they went and took a piece of the edge in each hand.
| smaointeach | Thoughtful, reflective, pensive | |
| Cruth | Shape, appearance | |
| ciorcal | ||
| áfach | however | |
| sín | stretch | v |
| ciumhais | border, edge, strip | |
“Anois cé na taobhanna iad?” a dúirt sí léi féin, agus chreim sí beagán den phíosa ina lámh dheas le go bhfeicfeadh sí an toradh a bheadh air. An chéad rud eile d’airigh sí buille trom faoina smig: bhí a smig tar éis a cos a bhualadh!
“Now what sides are these [which is which]?” she said to herself, and she gnawed a little of the piece in her right hand to see what the result would be. The next thing she felt was a heavy blow under her chin: her chin had struck her foot!
| creim | gnaw | |
| toradh | Fruit; product, yield; result | |
| airigh | perceive, sense | |
| buille | blow, strike | |
| trom | weight, burden; heavy | |
| smig | chin | |
| bualadh | ||
Scanraigh an t-athrú tobann go mór í. Bhraith sí nach raibh am ar bith le cailleadh, mar bhí sí ag crapadh chomh tapa sin [?]; thosaigh sí mar sin ag ithe beagán den phíosa eile. Bhí a smig brúite go teann in aghaidh a coise agus is ar éigean a bhí spás aici a béal a oscailt: ach d’éirigh léi ar deireadh, agus shloig [var] sí beagán den phíosa ina lámh chlé.
She was greatly frightened by the sudden change. She felt there was no time to lose, as she was shrinking so quickly; so she began eating a little of the other piece. Her chin was tightly pressed against her leg and she barely had space to open her mouth: she succeeded in the end and swallowed a piece in her left hand.
| Scanraigh | Frighten | |
| cailleadh | loss | |
| crapadh | Contraction, shrinkage | |
| brúite | Pressed, crushed | |
| ar éigean | hardly, barely, with difficulty | |
“Féach, tá mo chloigeann saor sa deireadh!” a dúirt Eilís agus[?] ríméad uirthi. Ach rinneadh imní dá háthas go luath, nuair nach bhfaca sí a guaillí in aon áit. D’fhéach sí síos ach ní fhaca sí ach fad ollmhór muiníl [gen s] agus é ag éirí mar a bheadh gas amach as lear duilleog glas i bhfad thíos.
“Look, my head is finally free!” said Alice with joy. But worry was made from her joy quickly, when she did not see her shoulders anywhere. She looked down but she only saw a great length of neck rising like a stalk from a great number of green leaves far below.
| imní | Anxiety, concern | |
| ollmhór | huge, immense | |
| muineál | neck | m gs muiníl |
| gas | stalk, stem; sprig, shoot | m |
| duilleog | leaf | f gen p here |
“Cad é an stuif glas sin uile?” a dúirt Eilís. “Agus cár imigh mo ghuaillí? Och, a [voc] lámha bochta, cén fáth nach bhfeicim sibh?” Bhí sí á [pronoun object of a verbal noun ] gcorraí [pl] le linn na cainte, ach ní fhaca sí toradh ar bith air sin ach croitheadh éigin i measc na nduilleog glas i bhfad síos.
“What is all that green stuff?” said Alice. “And where did my shoulders go? O! Poor hands, why don’t I see you?” She was moving them during the talk, but she did not see any result at all except some shaking among the leaves far down.
| corraigh | move, stir | vn corraí |
| toradh | Fruit; product, yield; result | m |
| croith | shake | vn & past aut croitheadh |
Toisc nach go bhféadfadh sí a lámha a chur aníos chuig a ceann de réir dealraimh, d’fhéach sí lena ceann a chur síos go dtí iad, agus nach uirthi a bhí an t-áthas nuair a fuair sí amach go lúbfadh a muineál go héasca treo ar bith ar nós nathair nimhe. D’éirigh léi a ceann a lúbadh anuas ina fhiarlán grástúil. Bhí sí ansin ar tí tumadh i measc na nduilleog, a bhfuair sí amach fúthu nár dhada iad ach duilliúr na gcrann a raibh sí roimhe sin ag súil timpeall faoina mbun, nuair a bhain siosarnach ghéar geit aisti agus chúb sí go deifreach: bhí colúr mór tar éis eitilt isteach in éadan Eilíse, agus bhí sé á bualadh go fíochmhar lena sciatháin.
Because she apparently could not put her hands up to her head, she looked to put her head down to them, wasn’t she happy when she found out her neck would easily bend in any direction like a poisonous snake. She started to loop her head downward in a graceful zigzag. She was about to plunge among the leaves, she found out they were nothing but the leaves of the trees she had beem walking aroung underneath, when she was startled by a sharp hissing and bent in a hurry: A big pigeon was flying in Alice’s face and he was fiercely beating her with its wings.
| de réir | according to | |
| dealramh | Sheen, splendour, radiance; Look, appearance; likeness, resemblanc | |
| De réir dealraimh | De réir dealraimh | |
| lúb | loop, bend | f & v |
| muineál | neck | m |
| éasca | Swift, nimble; free, fluent, easy; ready, prompt | |
| treo | Direction, way | m |
| ar nós | like | |
| nathair nimhe | poisonous snake | |
| fiarlán | zigzag | m |
| grástúil | Gracious; Benignant, merciful | |
| tumadh | Dip, dive, plunge, immersion | m |
| duilliúr | Leaves, foliage | m |
| siosarnach | hissing; whispering, rustling | |
| géar | sharp | |
| geit | jump, start, fright | f & v |
| cúb | bend; cower, shrinkage | |
| deifreach | hurried | |
| colúr | pigeon | m |
| éadan | front, face | m |
| in éadan | against, opposed to | |
| fíochmhar | Furious, ferocious | |
“Nathair nimhe!” a dúirt an Colúr de scread.
“Ní nathair nimhe mé!” a dúirt Eilís le teann míshásaimh.
“Lig dom!”
“Nathair nimhe, a deirimse arís!” a dúirt an Colúr den dara
huair, ach beagán ní[?] b’ísle, agus le snag ina glór dúirt sí,
“Bhain mé triail as gach aon bhealach, ach ní shásaíonn rud
ar bith iad, de réir cosúlachta.”
“Níl tuairim dá laghad agam céard a bhfuil tú ag caint
faoi,” a dúirt Eilís.
“Poisonous snake!” said the pigeon in a scream.
“I am not a poisonous snake!” said Alice with strong displeasure. “Let me [alone]!”
“Poisonous snake, I say again!” said the pigeon a second time, but a little lower and with a
gasp in its voice it said, “I tried every way, bit nothing satisfies them, apparently.”
“I have not the least idea what you are talking about,” said Alice.
| teann | Strength, force | m |
| míshásaimh | Displeasure, dissatisfaction; awkwardness | |
“Bhain mé triail as fréamhacha crann, as bruacha agus as
fálta,” a dúirt an Colúr ag leanúint dá scéal, gan aon aird a
thabhairt ar Eilís; “ach na nathracha nimhe sin. Ní féidir iad
a shásamh!”
Bhí mearbhall Eilís ag dul i méad i gcónaí, ach cheap sí
nárbh fhearr rud a dhéanfadh sí ná fanacht ina tost go
mbeadh caint an Cholúir críochnaithe.
“I tried tree roots, banks, and hedge,” said the pigeon continuing its story, paying no
attention to Alice; “but those poisonous snakes. They can’t be satisfied!”
Alice’s confusion was always growing, but she thought there was nothing better for her to do but
wait in silence until the pigeon’s speech was finished.
| fréamhach | roots | |
| bruach | bank, brink, edge | m |
| fál | hedge, fence; wall; field, enclosure | m pl fálta |
| mearbhall | Bewilderment, confusion, wandering | |
| tost | silence | m |
“Nach bhfuil mo dhóthain trioblóide agam le gor na
n-uibheacha,” a dúirt an Colúr, “gan a bheith ag faire amach
do nathracha nimhe de ló agus d’oíche! Féach, níor chodail
mé néal le trí seachtaine!”
“Is bocht liom do chrá croí,” a dúirt Eilís, mar bhí sí ag
tosú ag tuiscint an scéil.
“I haven’t got enough trouble with hatching the eggs,” said the pigeon,
“without watching out for a poisonous snake day and night! Look, I did not sleep for three weeks!
“I am so very sorry,” said Alice, because she was beginning to understand the story.
| dóthain | Enough, sufficiency | f |
| trioblóid | trouble | f gs trioblóide |
| gor | heat, warm, incubation | m & v |
| faire | watch(ing) | |
| day | dative ló | |
| néal | nap, snooze; [other] | m |
| crá | Anguish, torment; distress, sorrow | m |
“Agus ní túisce a roghnaigh mé an crann is airde sa choill,”
a dúirt an Colúr ag leanúint uirthi agus ag ardú a glóir go
scréach, “agus ní túisce a cheap mé go mbeinn saor uathu sa
deireadh, ná is gá dóibh teacht ag snámh anuas as an spéir!
Och! Nathair nimhe!”
“Ach ní nathair nimhe mé ar chor ar bith!” a dúirt Eilís,
“Níl ionamsa ach—ach—”
“Cad atá ionat?” a dúirt an Colúr. “Is léir dom gur ag
iarraidh rud éigin a chumadh atá tú!”
“No sooner than the highest tree in the wood,” said the Pigeon continuing [her]
raising its voice to a screech, “rather I thought I would finally be free from them,
than they have to come swimming down from the sky. O! Poisonous snake!”
“But I am not a poisonous snake at all,” said Alice, “I am only—only—”
“What are you?” said the pigeon. “It is clear to me that you want to invent something!”
| túisce | Sooner, rather; first | |
| gá | need, requirement | m |
| Cad atá ionat? | What is it that is in you? | Workaround to avoid copula |
“Cailín beag atá ionam,” a dúirt Eilís beagán amhrasach,
agus í ag cuimhneamh ar na hathruithe uile a tháinig uirthi
an lá sin.
“Sin scéal nach bhfuil cuma ná caoi air!” a dúirt an Colúr
le teann drochmheasa. “Is iomaí sin cailín beag a chonaic mé
le mo linn, ach ní fhaca mé ceann riamh a raibh muineál mar
sin uirthi! Ní hea, ní hea! Is nathair nimhe thú: agus níl aon
mhaith duit é a shéanadh. Is dócha go ndéarfaidh tú liom ar
ball nár bhlais tú ubh ar bith riamh!”
“I am a little girl,” said Alice a little doubtfully, remembering all the changes that
happened to her that day.
“That story does not seem right!” said the pigeon with forceful contempt. “I have seen many little
girls in my time, but never saw one with a neck like that on you! No, No! You are a poisonous
snake: No good for you denying it. You will probably say to me presently that you have
never tasted an egg.”
| amhrasach | Doubtful; suspicious; Doubtful; suspicious | |
| caoi | way, manner | |
| teann | Strength, force | |
| drochmheas | contempt | m gs drochmheas |
| iomaí | many | |
| séanadh | denial | m |
“Bhlais mé uibheacha roimhe seo, cinnte,” a dúirt Eilís,
mar b’fhírinneach macánta an cailín beag í. “Itheann na
cailíní beaga an oiread uibheacha agus a itheann na
nathracha nimhe, tá a fhios agat.”
“Ní chreidim é,” a dúirt an Colúr; “ach má itheann, is
cineál nathracha [gpl] nimhe iad, sin a bhfuil le rá agamsa.”
“I have tasted eggs before this, certainly,” said Alice, because she was a truthful gentle
little girl. “Little girls eat as many eggs as the poisonous snakes eat, you know.”
“I don’t believe it,” said the pigeon; but if they eat [them], they are a kind of poisonous snake,
that is what I say.
| fírinneach | truthful | |
| macánta | Childlike; gentle, meek, mild | |
Bhí an tuairim sin chomh nua d’Eilís, gur fhan sí ina tost
ar feadh nóiméid, rud a thug an deis don Cholúr a rá freisin,
“Is ag tóraíocht uibheacha atá tú, táim cinnte de sin; agus
nach mar a chéile domsa é cé acu cailín beag nó nathair
nimhe thú?”
“Ní mar a chéile domsa é,” a dúirt Eilís go deifreach, “ach
ní ag tóraíocht uibheacha atáim, mar a tharlaíonn; agus dá
mbeinnse á dtóraíocht, ní bheadh do chuidse [emphatic] uibheacha
uaim: ní maith liom iad amh.”
That idea was new to Alice, and left her silent for a minute, a thing that gave the pigeon
the opportunity to say also, “You are searching for eggs, I am sure of that; and
Isn’t it all the same to me whether you are a little girl or a poisonous snake?
“It is not all the same to me,” said Alice hurriedly, “but I am not searching for eggs,
as it happens, if I were searching for them, I would not have your eggs, I do not like them raw.”
| tóraíocht | Pursuit; hunt, search | f |
| amh | raw |
“Bhuel, imigh leat, mar sin!” a dúirt an Colúr agus pus uirthi, agus shoiprigh sí í féin arís ina nead. Chrom Eilís síos i measc na gcrann chomh maith agus a d’fhéad sí, mar théadh [past hab?] a muineál in achrann sna craobhacha, agus bhíodh uirthi stopadh agus é a réiteach. Tar éis tamaill chuimhnigh sí go raibh píosaí an mhuisiriúin ina lámha go fóill, agus thosaigh sí ag obair go han-airdeallach, ag creimeadh píosa amháin seal agus an phíosa eile seal eile, agus ag fás nóiméad amháin agus ag laghdú nóiméad eile, go dtí gur éirigh léi í féin a thabhairt anuas go dtí a gnáthairde.
“Well, away with you, then!” said the pigeon with a pout, and snuggled down again in its nest. Alice bent down among the trees as well as she could, as her neck was caught repeatedly in the tangle of branches, and she would have to stop and clear it. After a while she remembered there were still pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she began working very carefully gnawing one piece in turn and the other piece in another turn, and growing one minute and shrinking another minutes, until she succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.
| pus | (Protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout | m |
| soiprigh | Nestle, snuggle | |
| nead | nest | f |
| crom | bend, stoop | |
| achrann | Tangled growth; tangle, entanglement | m |
| craobh | branch, bough [of tree] | |
| airdeallach | Alert, watchful | |
Bhí sé chomh fada sin ó bhí a méid cheart inti nó rud ba chosúil léi, gur airigh sí an-aisteach ar dtús; ach d’éirigh sí cleachtach leis tar éis cúpla nóiméad, agus thosaigh sí ag caint léi féin mar ab iondúil léi. “Féach, tá leath mo phlean curtha i gcrích agam anois! Nach mór an crá croí iad na hathruithe seo go léir! Ní bhím cinnte ó nóiméad amháin go nóiméad eile cad a bheidh ionam! Ach fuair mé mo sheanmhéid ar ais: an chéad rud eile fáil isteach sa ghairdín álainn sin—conas is féidir sin a dhéanamh, meas tú?” Nuair a bhí sí á rá sin tháinig sí ar réiteach sa choill, agus teach beag ann a bhí thart ar ceithre troithe ar airde. “Cibé duine atá ina chónaí sa teach sin,” a smaoinigh Eilís, “ní dhéanfaidh sé cúis dom teacht air sa mhéid seo: mhuise, scanróinn ina chraiceann é.” Mar sin thosaigh sí ag creimeadh píosa na láimhe deise [gen of adj] arís, agus ní dheachaigh sí i ngiorracht don teach gur thug sí í féin síos go dtí naoi n-orlach nó mar sin.
It was so long since she was her right size or anything like it, she felt strange at first; but she became accustomed to it after a few minutes, she began to talk to herself as was usual with her. “Look, I have now completed half my plan! Aren’t all these changes entirely a heartache! I am not sure from one minute to the next what I will be! But I got my old size back: The next thing is to get into that beautiful garden—how do you think that can be done?” When she was saying that she came to a clearing in the wood, and a little house about four feet high. “Whatever person lives in that house,” thought Alice, “It won’t do to come in this size: It will scare it in its skin.” So she started gnawing the piece in her right hand again. and she did not get near to the house until she brought herself down to nine inches or so.
| airigh | Perceive, sense | |
| cleachtach | accustomed | |
| iondúil | Usual, customary | |
| leath | side, part, direction, half | f |
| críoch | limit, boundary, end, conclusion | f ds crích |
| crá | Anguish, torment; distress, sorrow | m |
| athrú | change, alteration | m |
| troigh | foot | f pl troithe |
| Cibé | whoever, whatever | |
| scanróinn | frighten | conditional here |
| giorracht | shortness, brevity | f |
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| Tá a lán rudaí óna máthair Genevieve | ||
| Is fear réasúnta é Matt, in ainneoin Trump | ||
| D’iarr Matt go ndéanfaimis na rudaí a theastaigh ó Mia. | ||
| Thóg muid a lán rudaí abhaile. Bhí sean litreacha, píosaí ealaíne, agus leabhair. | ||
| Bhí go leor leabhar ag Genevieve | ||
| Ní maith le Matt leabhair | ||
| Thiomáin muid abhaile trí leithinis uachtair Michigan, ná thar WIsconsin. | ||
| Ba thiomáint an-fhada é | ||
| Bhí Lá an Altaithe ciúin | ||
| Bhí an béile gnáth, ach an-bhlasta | ||
| turcaí, prataí, bachlóga Bhruiséile, mónóg | ||
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