Fòram na Gàidhlig

Okay, never mind.

I just heard from people from both Lipizzaner registries that Fionnghuala is perfectly acceptable. So, I'm probably going to go with that.

One more question, though, I've heard this pronounced a few different ways and I currently say "Fee-ON-gala" - is that how it should be ...

My mare is an unregistered Lipizzaner and I want to register her this year.

Lipizzan fillys/mares must be registered with a name that begins with the same letter as the dam, with an "a" on the end.

Her dam's name is Canissa-10, so her registered name must begin with a "C" and end with an "a ...

Nod, Seonaidh, and that's why I came there to ask what the proper words are.

I do have Dwelly's -- but, of course, it's the only bloody one I can't find right now

German also has it's own "horse language"

Eileen, going to look for her Dwelly's AGAIN

I understood what she wrote, too -- which is kinda neat.

"Sodair" is the Gaidhlig equivalent for Gaeilge "sodar". So it's the Scots Gaelic "sodair" that I need help pronouncing.

I tried coisich on my horse last night and she responded very well. It's a very barkable word and I love it :D

Eileen

Coisich - definitely a SHORT o. Otherwise, it could get confused wi "tòisich" (start). Mind, if thou usually tells thy horse to walk from a stopped position, I don't suppose it would matter over much... We tell to walk from a stop, trot or canter. I wouldn't use "tòisich", but rather "stadh", so I ...

Cripes. I have like a zillion Gaidhlig dictionaries in my house and not one has the proper defs of these words!

Grumble.

Eileen

Okay, thus far I've gotten a response from an Irish speaker -- which should do, really. She says:

"Níl Gaeilge na h-Alban agam, ach is iad "Sodar" (trot) agus "Gearrshodar" (canter) na focail a úsáidtear as Gailege na h-Éireann."


So it does sound like "sodair" will work for trot and "trotan" or ...

Thanks to both of you.

I guess you can see my confusion now

I'm going to check the Horse and Hounds UK forum and see if there are any Gaelic speakers hiding there.

Eileen

the command form is usually what you'll find in the dictionary under the verb.

whoa/halt = stad!
walk = coisich!

no idea for the others though, as i don't have a clue about horses :P


i'm terrible with IPA too, but i'd pronounce the two as;
stad; [stɐt]
like the english STAT, short a.

coisich ...

Can someone please help me with some commands in Gàidhlig?

I often longe my horse in the arena while someone else is longeing theirs and it gets pretty frustrating when one of us hollars a command and the other horse does it instead. I'd like to train my horse to respond to the commands in Gaidhlig ...