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Gnìomhair Làthail – Thoir

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

thoir

This is the first of the irregular verbs I have done since restarting the Daily Gaelic verb. It is also a complex one as it can have the meaning of “give” or “take” depending on the context. It also has a number of uses idiomatically. The link to see those is included.

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Lunar Calendar

An t-Òg-mhios 2024

Siud agaibh a’ ghealach ùr —Rìgh nan Dùl ‘ga beannachadh!

Dwelly’s
Lunar DayDay of the
week
Day of the
calendar
month
Month of the
calendar year
1Saturday8June
2Sunday9June
3Monday10June
4Tuesday11June
5Wednesday12June
6Thursday13June
7Friday14June
8Saturday15June
9Sunday16June
10Monday17June
11Tuesday18June
12Wednesday19June
13Thursday20June
14Friday21June
15Saturday22June
16Sunday23June
17Monday24June
18Tuesday25June
19Wednesday26June
20Thursday27June
21Friday28June
22Saturday29June
23Sunday30June
24Monday1July
25Tuesday2July
26Wednesday3July
27Thursday4July
28Friday5July
First 4 weeks of lunar calendar

The 29th and 30th days are subject to the sighting of the New Moon. If the New Moon is seen that is the 1st day of the new lunar calendar. Otherwise days 29 and 30 follow this calendar and then the new lunar calendar starts again beginning with Day 1.

I also would like to point out that these dates are worked out from my own personal observances which will depend on the location I’m at when the lunar cycle renews itself and the weather and landscapes obscuring the visibility of the heavenly bodies. If the moon is not visible the counting of days becomes the basis of this calendar. If it subsequently becomes visible on the 2nd or 3rd day or later, this count will not be adjusted until the next available potential observation of the new moon. This is why I give all the dates for the cycle at the beginning of the cycle as they will not be altered.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Beannaich

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

beannaich

Again not always the best idea to take what is described in the link as perfect, perhaps some things get altered by the scanning of documents.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Nigh

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

nigh

I actually didn’t do a daily verb yesterday but this is the one I would have done if I wasn’t washing the paving stones with a power washer.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Feall

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

feall

This verb can be used in the sense of “to deceive” or “to betray”. So when personified as feallair it means “traitor”. Also interestingly this is the name in Gaelic for Water Hemlock. Dwelly’s has a nice illustration of the plant and supplies us with the scientific name as well, Cicuta virosa, just for added clarity. These are helpful as it is a highly poisonous plant and can be easily confused for other edible species that are found in the same family of plants such as wild carrot.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Deachd

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

deachd

Another word for “teach” I wasn’t aware of before but it’s main use is as “dictate”.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Bruadair

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

bruadair

I had some pretty weird dreams last night which made me think this would be a good verb for today.

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Cluich

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

cluich

Today I’m going up to London for a gig! The tickets to see Roxanne de Bastion were a birthday present from my sister and her husband, so Happy Birthday to Me! And thank you!

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Ionnsaich

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

ionnsaich

Well I’ve been learning a lot recently. So this one seemed apt for today. Enjoy your Friday everyone!

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Gnìomhair Làthail – Innis

Today’s Daily Gaelic Verb is:

innis

I’ll “tell” you what my verb for the day is today – innis.