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An Caighdeán Oifigiúil ([ənˠ ˌkəidʲaːn̪ˠ ˈɛfʲɪɟuːlʲ], "The Official Standard"), often shortened to An Caighdeán, is the variety of the Irish language that is used as the standard or state norm for the spelling and the grammar of the language and is used in official publications and taught in most schools in the Republic of Ireland.
The native term for these is béarlachas (Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠəxəsˠ]), from Béarla, the Irish word for the English language. It is a result of language contact and bilingualism within a society where there is a dominant, superstrate language (in this case, English) and a minority substrate language with few or no ...
carrow – An ancient Irish gambler, from cearrbhach. caubeen – An Irish beret, adopted as part of the uniform of Irish regiments of the British Army. From cáibín. clabber – also bonny-clabber (from clábar and bainne clábair) curdled milk. clarsach – An ancient Irish and Scottish harp, from Irish cláirseach. clock – O.Ir. clocc ...
Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ɪ k / ⓘ GAY-lik), [3] [4] [5] is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. [4] [6] [7] [8] [3] It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. [9]
Báidín Fheilimí is a traditional Irish song, which originates in the Gaeltacht region in the north-west of County Donegal. It is usually taught to young children. The lyrics are in Irish and is based on a small boat owned by a man called Feilimí (Phelim).
Other aspects of Irish morphology, while typical for an Insular Celtic language, are not typical for Indo-European, such as the presence of inflected prepositions and the initial consonant mutations. Irish syntax is also rather different from that of most Indo-European languages, due to its use of the verb–subject–object word order. [1]
Sanas Cormaic (Irish pronunciation: [ˈsˠanˠəsˠ ˈkɔɾˠəmˠəc]; or Sanas Chormaic, Irish for "Cormac's narrative"), [1] also known as Cormac's Glossary, is an early Irish glossary containing etymologies and explanations of over 1,400 Irish words, many of which are difficult or outdated.
Prior to the translation of the Bible into Irish, retelling parts of the story was more common. One example of this is the tenth-century Saltair na Rann, an account of the Creation and the lives of Adam and Eve. [1] Plaque on a gate pillar of the graveyard beside Kilmore Cathedral, County Cavan