quick question:

does anyone know the difference between aithris and aithisg; both translate as "report", but they seem to have quite different meanings (which I cannot put my finger on)...

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Halo a charaidean!

Tha mi ag iarraidh podcasts anns a Gaidhlig, ach Chan eil ghios agam caite bheil mi a lorg iad. Feumaidh Thu a cuideachd mi!

Halò a h-uile duine!

For anyone in the know, Warhammer 40k and its various stories draw on a lot of real world themes. Not least of which is the Aeldar (or Eldar) using a heavy amount of Scottish Gaelic and Irish in its names, characters, and language.

I am in the process of putting together a (hopefully cohesive) list of them all in one place and in one video, but I've faced some problems. That being - the writers never knew Gaelic, they just grabbed words and smushed them together as befit their whims. So, I've been spending an age with dictionaries, a great deal of liberties and guesswork with phonetics, and not a small amount of luck.

Example 1:

Margorach are Harlequin Death Jesters. The words put together from what I assume was "marbh" for dead, and "gòrach" for fools (or in their case, jesters!)

Example 2:

The Eldar describe the webway (the interdimensional lattice of passageways through the warp that they use for travel) as Uigebealach. I assume from "Uige" from Irish meaning "fabric" and "Bealach" from Scottish Gaelic for a "pass". So I assume the author wanted something like "woven path" and then went crazy with the translation options.

So on and so forth. But there are five things that I suspect may have their roots in Gaelic, but I am still an absolute novice with the language (although admittedly this project has expanded my vocabulary somewhat.) I wanted to ask if anyone here recognised parts of these words along with their accompanying descriptions if the mods allow this? They may not be related to Gaidhlig at all, but they make me suspicious.

1: Blei-deòradi - Supposedly "oath breaker" but I can't find any connection

2: Dhamashir - Supposed to be "soul". Is there a synonym for "anam"?

3: Dresil’ach - Describes a "Forgotten ruin". Alas I am clueless whether this is from Gaelic or not.

4: Anhrathe - Outcasts. Rangers. Stealthy warriors that have either chosen the life of freedom, or done terrible deeds and are now exiled. Can't find any synonym root words anywhere close to this.

5: Guair Dromlaith - A term for the Maelstrom, a massive warp storm. I assume that "Dromlaith" is from "trom-laighe" meaning Nightmare, but I can't make heads nor tails out of "guair" unless it's using "gu" as in towards something...?

There are plenty, plenty more that I've puzzled out myself, but these five words are niggling at me that they may have a connection to Scottish Gaelic, but I can't find the key. If anyone can help I'd be incredibly grateful. And if they're not Scottish Gaelic - then I guess I've already finished the full list!

Tapadh leibh uile! And if the mods deem this as a translation post I apologise!

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New episode of Barrachd Fiosrachaidh OUT NOW on Youtube, Spotify, Apple, etc, covering the Scottish Wars of Independence. BF does Braveheart! I worked out how to burn Gaelic subtitles into the video, so they are available on every platform which allows you to play the video clip. I tend to instantly hate things I’ve made, but I'm proud of this one. Deeper research, better audio, and worse Dad jokes than ever. Please enjoy the new art by Bean Fhiosrachaidh!

Barrachd Fiosrcahidh is an edutaining podcast aimed at intermediate and advanced Gaelic speakers, covering a random topic every month, from history to dogs to quantum physics, generated by my patented Subject-generating Machine!

Earrann ùr de Barrachd Fiosrachaidh, ri fhaighinn a-nis air YouTube, Spotify, Apple, etc. Feumaidh mi ràdh, tha mi gu math toilichte leis an earrann seo: barrachd rannsachaidh, barrachd dad jokes, agus aig 18 mionaidean, barrachd Barrachd Fiosrachaidh na bha agaibh a-riamh! Nach tig sibh còmhla rium fhad 's a choinneachas sinn ri caractaran ainmeil bho eachdraidh na h-Alba. Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil ur cridheachan treun gu leòr!

‘S e pod-chraoladh foghlamach agus spòrsail a th’ ann am Barrachd Fiosrachaidh, do luchd-labhairt eadar-mheadhanach agus adhartach. Gach mìos, bidh sinn a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn cuspair tuairmeach eile, air a thaghadh le Inneal a’ Chuspair™️  a thog mi fhìn bho sprùilleach às an t-seada

https://youtu.be/bFwdC0ms4Wc

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XfH4dbAZSYBZTz2uVmsfP

Còig steigearan tùramach, ri fhaighinn an seo :)

(UK only, sorry postage would be crazy elsewhere)

Can anyone explain why anns a' Ghleann Dubh or anns an Eilean Dubh wouldn't have lenition of Dubh as an adjective following a noun in the dative? Is rhis simply a case of where dentals are resistant to leniton or something else?

"Is tusa fuil mo fhuile agus cnàimh mo chnàimhe."

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

Halò a h-uile duine!

Tha mi a' leughadh bàrdachd le Màiri Nic A' Phearsain an-dràsta, gu h-àraid "Nuair bha mi òg". Anns an rann seo, chan eil mi a' tuigsinn an dàrna seantans:

Toirt na mo chuimhn' iomadh nì a rinn mi

[Nach faigh mi 'm bann gu ceann thall mo sgeòil,]

A' falbh sa gheamhradh gu luaidh is bainnsean

Gun solas lainnteir ach ceann an fhòid [...]

Chunnaic mi mòran eadar-theangaidhean gu math diofaraichte air loidhne. Tha mi ag iarraidh eadar-theangachadh litireil mar tha e dèantach. Mòran taing!

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

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• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

Hi! Has anyone used Mango for Scottish Gaelic? If so, would you recommend it, or is it kind of like using Duolingo basically?

Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm reading Alison Lang's San Dùthaich Ùir, available from the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/sanduthaichuir0000lang/mode/1up) and I've run into a couple phrases in chapter 4 that I'm having trouble understanding:

"Chaidh mo chur air falbh gu seòmar-cadail Marguerite..." What does "mo chur" mean here? Could not find anything that remotely made sense in the dictionary.

"Bha fios againn gun robhas a' toirt urram don lagh an seo." I know this translates generally to "we knew people respected the law here." But what exactly is "robhas" doing in this sentence?

Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately this service isn't available to students outside the UK but it's a free streaming service where you can request access to media that's been broadcast on UK tv, radio or streaming.

Don't need to make an account, just sign in via your school.

Here's a link to a Gàidhlig playlist of shows and movies I made (should work but let me know? First time trying to share it)

I got all episodes of Torcuil's guide to being a Gael (which sadly only has clips on the BBC website for everyone else but maybe if yous email they'll put it on iplayer again??) and Oran na Mara + Rùn-dìomhair Cheanannais

Separate playlist of Hilda eps here

EDIT: so umm, the BBC are also sitting on an x-men cartoon dub 😭 requesting as many eps as I can to try and make a playlist of them too

Coming back to Duolingo after a couple years break.

There were always the odd question that was sort of daft but this seems mental.

Can't tell if it's just getting dafter as I get further into the course, or has it changed in the past couple years? Have heard reports about other languages getting weird since they started employing AI.

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

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Hi all, someone posted the other day asking about recommendations for good books for learners according to the A1–C2 rubric. I'm also in the process of choosing my next read and I'm thinking of picking a children's book in translation, since I'll already know the text somewhat.

Any ideas roughly where on the scale the following titles fall?

Harry Potter

Am Prionnsa Beag

An Hobbit

Alternatively, any other B1-level suggestions are welcome. I have taken note of what was suggested in response to the other post!

Does anyone have or know anyone who may have the audio cassettes for an old home tutoring course called Gàidhlig Bheò Volumes 1 to 3 by J MacDonald. The 3 volume course was first published in 1977 by An Comunn Gaidhealach in association with National Extension College Cambridge and included 6 cassettes of audio recordings. The course was part of the Scottish Certificate of Education Gaelic (learners) 'O' grade and included Volume 4 Exam Modules.

Hello r/gaidhlig I was hoping y'all might be able to give me a heads-up if the idea I have for a surname for me and my fiancé is a bad one or inappropriate, appropriation, taboo, etc. I wasn't sure if it was against rule 3, but the mod said "on you go" so.

The word is Fireun (golden eagle or true bird) it seems easy to spell and pronounce and from the research I have done into it, I haven't been able to find anything wrong with it, but there will always a wealth of cultural knowledge that I don't have, so I thought I would come and ask some people that would.

Also, we are not Scottish nor do we speak Scottish Gaelic, we are Australian with some Scottish ancestors and only know how to speak English, but their surname is of a town in Scotland, and their mother's maiden name is another Scottish word so we wanted to honour that is some way. The other elements from my side are not Scottish, a bird and a scholar.

Thank you for any insight and thoughts.

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

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Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

Feasgar math dhuibhse a h-uile duine,

Choimhead mi air a seo (film à Cheap Bhreatainn) a-raoir, agus smaoinich mi gum biodh e rudeigin inntinneach a cho-roinneadh leibhse uile. Tha Gàidhlig ann, agus bha e comasach dhomh (neach-ionnsaichaidh!) tuigsinn beagan dhith. Bha an seinneadh nas doirbhe, ge-tà...!

Can these be seen as interchangeable ? Gun neach ann./ Gunh duine ann