Do any of you have certain Irish words that just won't stay in your mind for some reason?

I was thinking of this this morning when I had to look up "machnamh" for the upteenth billion time. I think part of the problem is that, while I often encounter it in reading, I rarely have occasion to use it myself, so it doesn't "stick."

Another one is "dallamullóg"...funny, because it's such an interesting-looking and sounding word (and it kind of looks like what it means, iuf you get my drift), and usually those "stick" a little better.

What are your "won't-stick" words? (or am I alone in my weirdness?)

Redwolf

dearbhán - voucher. For some reason, I can never remember it and I am hoping that by writing it here and publicly confessing that it might cement it into my brain. Funny idea for a thread.....

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I know I have some too but I can't think of any right at this very moment.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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).

I thought that posting this might help, but no...just this morning, I had to look "machnamh" up again.

Redwolf

Well, that's understandable since this thread is about words that don't stay in your memory – heh, heh

I tend to get pé scéal é and dála an scéil mixed up … er, or is that dálta an scéil?
I bet you'll never forget the word machnamh after you read Machnamh Seanmhná by Peig Sayers.

Hmmm. Sin ábhar machnaimh!

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Now that you mention it, I think using the expression ábhar machnaimh is a great way to remember the meaning of the word machnamh! Redwolf could start incorporating it into all of her posts.

Is é sin ábhar machnaimh!

dearcadh - out look

dearfach - positive

diúltach - negative

These three are my hardest three. I've looked them up 3 million times and they are a jumbled mess in my head.
I can't use them in speaking and I can't remember them when reading, and I can't remember them well enough to
write them. (I had to look them all up here to write them down.....hopeless)


ps. Is there a difference in machnamh or smaoineamh? I use the latter when I'm speaking for "a thought" as that's
what I first learned

Is that a Donegal definition?

Personally I wouldn't use "dearcadh" in that context. It would be more like "view" for me.
To get somebody to "look out !" I'd say "Fainic !" or "Seachain !" (avoid)

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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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I think it's "outlook" as in "viewpoint/opinion"

Redwolf