Ruaraidh MacIntyre

Facladair. Roimhe nam sheirbhiseach catharra. Gàidhlig - ar cànan 's ar ceòl.
Lexicographer. Former civil servant. Gaelic language and music.

[Grace Wright @graceq_22]

What do we have here?

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

How is it the 18th of August already? I’m still getting used to writing 2023. Christmas was the other day.

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@ctrnmorr @CalumMaclennan Mar sin, bhiodh roghainn aca eadar "Stadium" (leis fhèin, an roghainn as fhasa ach gun bheachd gu bheil iad air smaointinn mun Ghàidhlig), "Stadium/Stadium" (G/B, ach tha seo a' coimhead gòrach), "Stadium/Roinn-spòrs" no rudeigin eile, no am facal "Stèidiam" a chleachdadh

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@ctrnmorr @CalumMaclennan Tha dà adhbhar ann airson soidhnichean mar seo, agus bhon nach eil eadar-theangachadh nàdarrach mionaideach gu leòr airson "stadium" a mhìneachadh, tha an soidhne seo (a) a' sealltainn dè th' ann agus (b) a' toirt aithne agus follaiseachd dhan Ghàidhlig

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan @deiReag23 An dà chuid againne cuideachd, "tha mi bochd" = sick ach "ann am bochdainn" nas trice = poor. Cha chleachdainn "tinn" gu nàdarra idir

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@nicmharcuis except puffins for some reason

[Faclair na Gàidhlig @FaclairNaG]

Seo dà eisimpleir far a bheil FILEANTA a’ ciallachadh gu bheil cuideigin ealanta air rudeigin a dhèanamh.
https://t.co/MF772XQQOT

Here are two examples where FILEANTA means that someone is expert at doing something.
#Gàidhlig #cleachdi

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan Ach airson seo, chleachdainn "Tha an gille le màthair bochd far na sgoile"

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan Dhòmhsa, dh'fheumadh tu "aig a bheil màthair bochd" ("who has a sick mother") no "aig a bheil a' mhàthair bochd" ("who has the sick mother" if a sick mother has been previously referenced).

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan "Chunnaic mi an gille aig an robh màthair bochd"

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan Beagan dorch-chainnteach ach chan eil seo cho dona ris an fhear mu dheireach - chanainn "Chunnaic mi an cù air an dotair a leighis mi"

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan Gràmarach ach dorch-chainnteach (ach tha agus a' Bheurla) - chanainn "Chunnaic mi an cù a bhìd mi a bha leis an dotair"

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@UilleamUan Chunnaic mi an dotair air an robh cù a bhìd mi

[Faclair na Gàidhlig @FaclairNaG]

Sa chaibideil air Calum Cille, tha e ag innse mar a thàinig an "Liath-Fàil" a dh'Alba.

[Faclair na Gàidhlig @FaclairNaG]

Air seachdain Crùnaidh Rìgh Teàrlach III, thug mi sùil air "crùnadh" ann an cuid de na tùsan a bhios sinn a' cleachdadh. Chaidh "Eachdraidh na h-Alba" le Aonghas MacCoinnich fhoillseachadh ann an 1867 mar gheàrr-eachdraidh airson daoine àbhaisteach. https://t.co/ZtB3bhGHzF

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

They could at least have kept the apostrophe

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

Mackie's crisps rebranded as Taylors after buyout
https://t.co/7yG0OHqkwi

[Ròs !! @nicmharcuis]

Crianlarich is my favourite liminal space

[Ruaraidh MacIntyre @ruarmac]

@MalcolmCombe Reminds me of this (apocryphal) classic