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PostPosted: Wed 03 Jul 2013 11:04 am 
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franc 91 wrote:

Here are the words of An Binsín Luachra that Séamus Ennis sings -

...Nuair a casadh orm stuabhean (?) (perhaps it should be stuama bhean?)



I don't think so, franc. In verse 3 there's "cailín stuama" ("stuama": adjective = 'sensible, prudent; skilful, steady' according to my foc poc).

I've never seen it before , but my semi-educated guess is that "stuabhean" ("stua": noun = 'arch; arc', 'stua ceatha' = 'rainbow') follows the pattern "spéirbhean" and would be similar in meaning.

Grma as na liricí a chur suas.


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PostPosted: Wed 03 Jul 2013 11:38 am 
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It was because I saw that there's a broad vowel followed by a slender - I thought they might have squeezed two words together or that perhaps there was a spelling mistake there.


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PostPosted: Wed 03 Jul 2013 12:22 pm 
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I'm not sure how yon skinny/fat vowel rules apply in compound words - the likes of long-established 'ansin/anseo' apart obviously. Best wait for a grammar heavyweight to weigh in.


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PostPosted: Wed 03 Jul 2013 10:15 pm 
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I don't think so, franc. In verse 3 there's "cailín stuama" ("stuama": adjective = 'sensible, prudent; skilful, steady' according to my foc poc).
I've never seen it before , but my semi-educated guess is that "stuabhean" ("stua": noun = 'arch; arc', 'stua ceatha' = 'rainbow') follows the pattern "spéirbhean" and would be similar in meaning.


I've seen the same word in the male context. In the song Éist do bhéal on the CD Éist, the female narrator in the song refers to herself as being seen in a dream walking on the shore "lem' stuafhear rua", which the liner notes translate as "with a fine foxy man", but which is a bit closer to "with my red-haired stud" (not the four-footed kind!).

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