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What does "Chunnaic Calum có bha anns a´ bháta" mean?

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charmling answers:

O.K. I'm going for Old Irish. "Colm saw as good as his stick" which doesn't make sence :)
Humm. Colm also saw his stick.


Supplement from 09/05/2007 03:13am:

bha
sv.irr. was, wert, were
bàta
nm. pl.+ichean, boat
anns
prep. in; precedes the art. The s of anns belongs in reality to the art.
chunnaic
va.irr. saw

interr.pron. who? what? có air bith, whoever
from MacFarlane's Scottish Gaelic-English dictionary.

Calum saw who/what was in his boat. (whoever was/were)


3 years ago / reply

suehayes answers:

I think it's one of two options: See Malcom there with his stick/ See Malcom there in the boat.
The phrase is Gaelic, you may have more luck with this website to help you to translate the phrase:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionnsachadh/ECG/07.html


3 years ago / reply

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