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Seonaidh wrote:But doesn't "Foghar" mean "Autumn"? I'd have thought "Fall Festival would be "Fèill an Tuiteim" or, if it's a waterfall, "Fèill an Eis".
'S e sin a bha mise a' smaointinn cuideachd. Ach gu h-inntinneach, tha an t-OED ag ràdhGunChleoc wrote:'S e dual-chainnt Ameirigeanach a th' anns am Fall airson Autumn, fhios 'ad.
Chan eil iad guth a ràdh mu dheidhinn na h-Alba ge-tà...That part of the year when leaves fall from the trees; autumn. In N. Amer. the ordinary name for autumn; in England now rare in literary use, though found in some dialects; spring and fall, the fall of the year, are, however, in fairly common use.
Ach choimhead mi dhan OED a-rithist agus tha faw ann gu dearbh, ach dìreach mar fhacal "obsolete", agus tha iad ag ràdh gun tàinig fall=foghar bhon fall=tuit.All the names for Falkirk – in Gaelic, British and Scots (Faw Kirk) – mean the same – “speckled church”. The Gaelic name An Eaglais Bhreac has been established for centuries. Because eaglais is a feminine word, any adjective qualifying it in the dative singular case is traditionally slenderized (cf air an làimh dheis, not air an làmh dheas). Thus, traditionally, the Gaels would say “anns an Eaglais Bhric”. I have retained this traditional usage in the Litir but note that many people today would naturally say anns an Eaglais Bhreac, retaining traditional lenition of the adjective but not slenderization.