Gaidhlig - Russian Parallels

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Russian and Gaelic cognates

This is a short list of etymologically related words

of the Russian and the Gaelic languages. The idea

of making it suggested itself to me when I saw the

list of Faclan cirdeach sa Ghidhlig agus sa

Ruisis. Last time I saw it it contained only threeitems. As a Russian proverb runs God loves

trinity (~ all good things come in threes), but this

not definitely the case. In fact this list could be

much longer. I would like to make it more

comprehensive.

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Faclan c irdeach sa Gh idhlig agus

sa Ruisis. , .

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On the other hand, I would like to destroy some

myths about Gaelic. Many Russians think that

Gaelic is a strange, exotic and mysterious language.

Perhaps, this enigmatical touch accounts for the

growing interest in this language. In fact, Gaelic is

as mysterious as, for example, German orFrench. This truth may be disappointing to some

Celts enthusiasts but it may also stimulate activity

of the others.

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Etymological dictionaries usually trace the history

of words changes. They give the earliest forms of

the words, fixed in ancient monuments of dead

languages, analyse their components. It is a general

practice to give the Old Irish form for a word of

some Goidelic language and an Old Slavonic form

for a word of some Slavic language. The modernforms are often ignored.

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This list does not include either detailed

information on historical changes or

morphological analysis. Its aim is to give the

general idea of cognation of modern Russian and

modern Gaelic.

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Besides, sometimes similarity between Russian and

Gaelic words is so striking that it may have even

practical significance.

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.The Russian words are transcribed in accordance

with SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods

Phonetic Alphabet) forRussian.

SAMPA (Speech Assessment

Methods Phonetic Alphabet) .

If you find any mistakes inform me of them,

sending an e-mail to [email protected].

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The first part of the list includes the words the

origin of which can be traced back to some earlier

Indo-European form.

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.The second part of the list contains international

words, scientific terms and borrowings.

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earb roedeer jarina wool

fersaid spindle viritino spindle virtet to spin

f(h)in self () , svoj, svaja his, her, my,your, our, its

feusag8 beard us1 moustachefor true ,

vrn1j true

fios knowledge vedat to know videt to see

flath king; prince;

ruler

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vladet to govern, tocontrol

gal weeping Zalet to feel pitygeamhradh winter zima wintergeinn wedge Zala a stingglm to devour ;

golat hunger

geug branch suk branch, bough

gobh beak zup toothiasg fish ,9

piskar,piskar

gudgeon

imlich to lick lizat to lickith to eat pitat to feedln full poln1j fulllon flax, lint ; lon flaxmaoin wealth mena exchangemarbh to kill; dead ; mortv1j dead

smert deathmthair mother ,

mat,matiri

mother,

mothers (gen.

sg.)meacan root; bulb ;

mak poppy

meil to mill, to

grind

malot to grind

meadhon the middle meZdu betweenmin meal , , mat,

mnuto crush, I crush

mion small meneje lessmios month mesat-s monthmol to praise; to

propose

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malit to implore

muir sea more seamn urine m1t to washnaoi nine 10 devat ninenead nest gnizdo nestneul cloud neba skynochd naked nagoj nakednuadh new nov1j newochd eight vosem eightg young , 11 jun1j youngs shoal at the , ; ustje; mouth of a

8 *uondh-s-sos ( uendh , ).9 () .10 , ; *devet- de-

n ( newints ), 10; -t-

; neun.


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mouth of a

river

usta river; mouth

ruadh red r1Z1j redpiuthar12 sister sistra sistersalann salt sol saltsmhach quiet ; ()

sam; (tot)sam1j

-self; the same

sth ones fill

s1t1j replete, full

seachd seven sem sevensealg spleen silizonka spleensearbh bitter xvarat to be sickseasg barren, dry ,

issaknut to run dry

sid to blow, to

breathe

; svistet to whistle

sia six Sest sixsmaoinich to think ,

m1slit to think, to

reasonsmuain a thought m1sl a thoughtsneachd snow snek snowsuidh to sit sidet to sittl adze ; tislo adzetana thin tonkij thintarbh a bull tur an aurochsteamhall slight swoon or

stun

tomn1j dark

tma darknessteann tight, tense , tanut to pullteich to flee , tet-S,

tiku

to flow, I flow

teas heat tiplo heat; warmthteine fire tiplo heat; warmthteth hot topl1j warmtha13 am, is, are stajat to standtoll14 a hole, a pit , tkat to weavetri three tri threetrod a quarrel,

scolding

, trudnost difficulty

truagh wretched,

pitiful

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strugat to shave, toscrape

uan lamb jagnonak a lamb

uasal noble; proud ;

v1sokij high, tall

ubh15 egg jajt-so eggubhal apple jablaka appleuisge16 water vada water

11 *ieu-; - *iu-n-os, -k- (. yaouank ).12 siur.13 stare ().

14 *tukslo- ( *tuk- ).15 *oi-om : *oui-om; wy, [, , . 27].16

*udeskio- ( unda ).


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Gaelic word English

translation

Russian

translation

Russian word SAMPA

transliteration

English

translation

abaid abbey abbat-stva abbeyacair anchor jakar anchoractair actor aktor actoratam atom atam atom

banc(a) bank bank bankbr bar , bar snack-barbrd bard bard bard, singerbocsair boxer baksor boxerbotal bottle but1lka bottlebriste brooch broS broochcaiptean captain kapitan captaincaractar character

(in a play

etc.)

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xarakter character,personality,

nature

cat cat kot, koSka tom cat, tabby

cilemeatair kilometre kilametr kilometreclann clan klan clancoimpiutar computer kampjutar computercrann-togail crane

()

kran crane

dannsair dancer tant-sor dancerdeamhan demon deman demondiabhal devil , djaval devildoca dock dok dockfilm film film film (cinema)fiosaig physics fzika physicsfn telephone tilifon telephone

gas gas gas gasgeoimeatraidh geometry giametrija geometrylampa lamp lampa lampmanach monk manax monkmeatair metre metr metremotar motor mator motorndar 1) nature;

2) character

1) ; 2)

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natura character

nidhlean nylon nejon nylonnisean nation ; nat-s1ja nation (=

people)

neactar nectar niktar nectarnearbh nerve nerv nerveson ozone azon ozone

pirc park park parkplaide a blanket , pled plaidpoileas police palit-s1ja policeridio radio radio radioSbaid Saturday subota Saturdaystoirm storm Storm stormtagsaidh taxi taksi taxitlann talant talant talant

telebhisean television tilividinije televisiontrop trope,figure of

speech

trop trope, figure ofspeech


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Pokorny, J. Indogermanisches etymologisches Wrterbuch. (http://www.ieed.nl/index2.html)

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