Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

seano — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:14:43 GMT

Interesting question here. Dia's Muire duit, a Mháire! It is true that you wouldn't lenite s or t after sa but there is a special reason for this, the famous DeNTaLS rule. That is, where DNTLS come together in certain contexts, they don't lenite. Hang on, I hear you say, there's no n at the end of sa! True, but sa is short for insan, so it behaves as if there is an n there. So it's don teangeolaí (for the linguist) or sa seomra, with no lenition. This rule also applies to comhfhocail, or combined words, like uimhirphláta (numberplate). When you have DNTLS coming together, as in bándearg, you don't lenite. Some people believe that DNTLS applies to adjectives, and that you should say bean dubh instead of bean dhubh but the Standard says otherwise. As for ordinary lenition without the DNTLS, as in mo sheomra, a shiúcra, a theach, these are just lenited like any other word. Incidentally, I would tend to say "mo chuid tae" (my part of tea) or "mo chuid caife". It just sounds better to me. Faberm, that's not a bad attempt but personally I would say "Is fearr liom tae ná rud ar bith eile" or just "Is é an tae is fearr liom!" Slán go fóill!

re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

mary Dugan — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:20:57 GMT

My grammar book has "a seoladh ( her address) and a sheoladh (his address)". Is the word " a "an exception to the rule of no lenition of s? Also, Diia dhuit a Sheáin.

re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

faberm — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:48:56 GMT

Is maith liom mo tae nios mo gach rud eile. (I like my tea more than anything else).

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re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

Gearoid — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:40:19 GMT

Hi There,

Your friend is correct, 'sa' does cause lenition to the noun that comes after it (where possible)

'sa' wont cause any change to

words beginning with

d,t,s -

others that can never be lenited are

'sc,sm,sp,st'

'h, l, n,,r'

and

vowels

re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

patpmcmahon@yahoo.com — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:21:23 GMT

I have a grammar gook that says "sa" causes lenition. So, the sentence should read

An dtófaidh tú siúcra sa thae?

And pronunciation should be adjusted accordingly.

Yes? No? Is the "t" "resisting" lenition???

re: Irish Word a Day - Siúcra - Sugar

eman — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:38:17 GMT

Ólaim tae agus caife gan siúcra