Literary Irish and New Vocabulary

Gaeilge Liteartha agus Nua-Fhoclaíocht

About this concept

Modern literary Irish: prose style of contemporary authors (Ó Cadhain, Ní Dhomhnaill), poetry conventions, and the creation of new terminology (ríomhaire, bogearraí, idirlíon) for technology and modern life.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

ríomhaire (computer, from ríomh = computation)computer

bogearraí (software, from bog = soft)software

idirlíon (internet, from idir = between + líon = net)internet

aip (app, borrowed and adapted)app

More C2 concepts

Dialectal VariationCanúintí Classical and Archaic IrishAn tSean-Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach Precision and StyleCruinneas agus Stíl Media and Broadcasting IrishGaeilge na Meán Proverbs and Traditional WisdomSeanfhocail

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