ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2885 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2885 ************************************ 6 Jul 2004 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if is an appropriate name for an Irish Gaelic man living between 800 and 1000, and if we could recommend a byname that showed connection with the Dal Araidhe. Here is the information we have found. As we said in our original letter to you, both and are fairly common masculine given names during the latter half of your period. [1,2] means 'son of Fiachu' (the change from to is a requirement of Gaelic grammar, analogous to the change from to in English); it is a fine byname for your period. would have been pronounced roughly \KREEMH-th@n mahk FEE@-kh@kh\, where \MH\ is represents a nasalized version of the sound of in Spanish 'a wolf' and of in Spanish 'a grape', \@\ is the sound of in or , and \kh\ is the sound of in Scottish or German . [7,11] The chief families of the Dal Araidhe were the and , where the slash represents an acute accent over the previous letter. [3,6] In your period, the bynames indicating membership in these clans are and , respectively. These are pronounced \OO@ LOING-sheech\ and \OO@ LETH-loh-bhar\, where \ch\ is the soft German as in , and \bh\ is the sound of in Spanish and in Spanish . or is a fine name for about the last century or so of your period. [4] (Again, the change from to is a requirement of Gaelic grammar. is pronounced \wee\). We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Juliana de Luna, Talan Gwynek, Adelaide de Beaumont, Mari neyn Brian, and Arval Benicoeur. For the Academy, -Argantguia filia Catmaili, 06Jul04 -- References: [1] Jones, Heather Rose (aka Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn), "100 Most Popular Men's Names in Early Medieval Ireland" (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1998). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/irish100 [2] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). s.n. Crimthann [3] Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation). p. 691 [4] We wouldn't recommend it for earlier than this because clan style bynames first show up around the 10th century. [5] [5] Krossa, Sharon L. (Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte), "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names (3rd Edition)" (WWW: Privately published, 22 Jun 2001) http://www.MedievalScotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/ [6] These are the Early Modern Irish (c. 1200 - c. 1700) spellings of the names. [7] This pronunciation can be represented in Kirschenbaum ASCII IPA as ['kriB~T@n mak 'fi@x@x]. [10] [8] This pronunciation can be represented in Kirschenbaum ASCII IPA as [u@ 'loN^s^iC]. [10] [9] This pronunciation can be represented in Kirschenbaum ASCII IPA as [u@ 'leTloBar^]. [10] [10] Blaheta, Don, "Representation of IPA with ASCII" (WWW: Blahedo.org) http://www.blahedo.org/ascii-ipa.html [11] To make the sound \MH\, set yourself to say \b\, but relax your lips slightly so that the air can escape between them with a sort of buzzing sound. It's rather like blowing out a candle, except that your vocal cords are vibrating. Since the sound is nasalized, some air should also escape through your nose.