Focal an Lae/ Word of the Day

Gradhal: ' a thick or hanging lip arising from drunkeness'.  

(Liosta Sheáin Uí Liatháin, Foclóir an Duinnínigh)

Focal an Lae: Crwth/Cruit/Rote

Ó A word a day

 rote

PRONUNCIATION:
(roht)

MEANING:
noun:
1. A mechanical or unthinking way of doing something.
2. The sound of surf.
3. A medieval stringed instrument or Celtic origin. Also known as crowd or crwth.

ETYMOLOGY:
For 1: Of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1325.
For 2: Perhaps of Scandinavian origin. Earliest documented use: 1610.
For 3: From Middle French rote. Earliest documented use: 1330.

USAGE:
"From learning by rote they graduated to living by rote."
Ashwini Bhatnagar; Dina Nath (MBA); 2014.

"The dull mist immediately broke, blossomed with marvelous colors, all kinds of sounds burst forth -- the rote of the sea, the clapping of the wind, human cries."
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov; Knopf; 1995.

"One played the harp; another a viol;
another, the flute; another, a fife;
one played a rebeck; another, a rote."
E.D. Blodgett, translator; Romance of Flamenca; Routledge; 1995.


A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. -Ivan Illich, philosopher and priest (1926-2002)

Focal an Lae: Fuipeal

Bíonn tionchar ag focail orainn. Baineann coincheapa áirithe le focail áirithe. Mura bhfuil an focal áirithe sin againn (fuipeal, abair) níl an coincheap ná an smaoineamh atá laistiar den fhocal sin againn;níl an chumhacht atá sa smaoineamh sin againn. Má tá an focal agat, áfach, (fuipeal, abair) tá an smaoineamh sin agat agus cuirfidh sé le do chumas chun déileáil leis an saol, seans.

Níl an focal ‘fuipeal’ ag Ó Donaill ná ag an Duinníneach, ná ag ár gcara focal.ie ach an oiread. Is é is brí le fuipeal, ar ndóigh, ná ‘whipple’. Go breá, ach cad is brí le whipple? Fuipeal an bhrí atá le 'whipple', ar ndóigh. Focal an-tábhachtach is ea fuipeal. Dá dtuigfinnse an tábhacht a bhaineann le fuipeal seans maith go mbeadh post tábhachtach inniu agam in áit a bheith i mo shuí anseo ag scríobh. Is mar seo a sainmhíníodh ‘whipple’ dom ar líne:

Whipple:To give a good, firm handshake. Often thought about and used before interviews or big meetings. Could determine your chances of receiving your dream job.

‘Before my interview, I practiced my whipple with my friends.’

Focal an Lae: kintsukuroi

KINTSUKUROI: "Rud a dheisiú le hór". Mias a dheisiú le laicear óir nó airgid agus is áille anois í tar éis a briste.

An Doinníneach

Focal an lae: Móg

Le Dennis King

Móg:

A turnip hollowed to take a candle and simulate a head, supported by a churn-dash...