Céard é go crinn an difríocht idir gadhar agus madra? Léigh mé in ait eigean gur í gadhar madra baineann agus ansin chuala gur é gadhar an madra oibre na féirme agus gur é madra an focal i gcóir madra a bhfuil ina bpéata [Is é seo an idirdhealú a chuala mé i gCorca Duibhne ar aon nós]

Fresin an bhfuil mé ceart ag úsaid cú i gcóir 'Hound'?

Go raibh míle!

Deirtear "gadhar" i gConamara (agus madra, dar liom ach níl's agam cad é an duifear eatarthu), "madra" i Mumhain, agus "madadh" in Ultaibh.



tá. Cú = hound.

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Níl 'fhíos 'am an bhfuil aon diffríocht ann.
Deirtear an dá fhocal. B'fhéidir go bhfuil "gadhar" beagáinín níos coitianta i gConamara, i gcás peata agus i gcás ceann a bheadh ag obair ar fheilm. Tá madra caorach ann, ach níor chuala riamh gadhar caorach.
Madra - ní fhuaimeaitear an R san uimhir uatha (singular).

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Is maith an cheist í ach b'fhearr linn go gcuirtear aistriúcháin i mBéarla le gach ráiteas as Gaeilge taobh amuigh den rannóg Craic (.i. Gaeilge Amháin, srl.), agus go háirid i gCúinne na bhFoghlaimeoirí, sa chaoi is go dtuigeann na foghlaimeoirí nach bhfuil ag leibhéal chomh hard libh féin a bhfuil á rá agaibh. Go raibh míle maith agaibh roimh ré as do chomhar a thabhairt linn.

That is a good question, but we would prefer it if English translations were provided for all Irish comments outside the Craic section (i.e., Gaeilge Amháin, etc.), and particularly in the Learners' Corner, so that less-advanced beginners can understand what you are saying. Thank you in advance for co-operating with us.

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

"Madadh" in áit "madra" i gConamara freisin ach is "gadhar" an focal coitianta.

(Madadh instead of madra in Connemara too but gadhar is the usual word.)

FWIW, "The Irish of Iorras Aithneach" also states "mada, m. Dog (the common, unmarked word is GADHAR)."

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Macbain's etymological dictionary says that gadhar, which was gagar in Old Irish and gadar in Middle Irish, originally meant hunting dog, and comes from the Norse gaggar, which has a root gag meaning "howl".

He says that madra/madadh (only the latter is now used in Scotland), which was madad in Old Irish and madrad in Middle Irish, originally meant "mastiff", and came from a (Celtic?) root *maddo- or *mas-do, which he says has a "connection" with the English "mastiff", from the Old French mestiff, which is apparently from *mansatinus, meaning "house dog". From the way that the entry is written, it isn't clear to me whether he is saying that the French root is from Latin or from a Celtic source (he is sometimes not as clear as he could be).

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Sa Mumhan, gadhar is ea an focal dog i gcoitinne. Deirtear madra mar mutt no mongrel. Ach ceapaim nach bhfuil sin fíor in áiteanna eile.

In Munster, gadhar is a general term for dog. Madra is a mutt or mongrel. But I don't think that's true in other places.