Béarla
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Irish
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Etymology
[edit]Ellipsis of Béarla gallda (“foreign speech”) from béarla (“speech, language”), from Old Irish bélrae, from bél (“mouth”).[1][2] Compare Scottish Gaelic Beurla Ghallta, and the use of English Bahasa, originally simply meant "language".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯ɾˠl̪ˠə/[3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠə/, [ˈbʲɛːɾˠl̪ˠə][4]
Proper noun
[edit]Béarla m (genitive Béarla)
- English (language)
- Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. (proverb)
- Broken Irish is better than clever English.
Usage notes
[edit]The definite article is not always used with this noun.
Derived terms
[edit]- Béarla na hAlban (“Scottish English”)
- Béarla na hÉireann (“Hiberno-English”)
- Béarlach (“English-language”)
- béarlachas (“Anglicism”)
- Béarlóir (“English speaker”)
- bun-Bhéarla (“Basic English”)
- glan-Bhéarla (“correct English”)
- is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste
- Lucht an Bhéarla (“the Englishry”)
- Sean-Bhéarla (“Old English”)
Related terms
[edit]- Béarlóireacht f (“(act of) speaking English”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Béarla | Bhéarla | mBéarla |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ anonymous author (2023 November 9) “Béarla, Punt, Fliuch: A history of Ireland in 10 little words”, in The Irish Times[1], retrieved 2024-05-01
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 42
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Béarla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Béarla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 61
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Béarla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Béarla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024