Sùil air a' mhearachd

[Níall Beag]

Chanainnsa:

cùram-leinibh

c.f.

cùram -slàinte
cuirm-chìuil

amsaa

Yes, but health and music are uncountable nouns. Babies are countable -- the sign says it's only care for a single baby.

Do we need the article here to indicate babies in general? Ie cùram nan leinibh?

[faoileag]

Chanainnsa:

cùram-leinibh

c.f.

cùram -slàinte
cuirm-chìuil

amsaa

Yes, but health and music are uncountable nouns. Babies are countable -- the sign says it's only care for a single baby.

Do we need the article here to indicate babies in general? Ie cùram nan leinibh?

There are other analogies, e.g. àite margaidh - marketplace (countable)

But indefinite genitive plural is an option, perhaps:

cùram leanabh

(would be lenited if appropriate initial letter), c.f. àite shaor-làithean, ionad-bhùthan.

[Níall Beag]

There are other analogies, e.g. àite margaidh - marketplace (countable)

Yes, but a marketplace is the place where a market takes place (if you consider "a weekly market" as "a market" rather than "a weekly occurence of markets").

[Seonaidh]

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[akerbeltz]

Ok, time to put people out of their misery

Both in Gaelic and in English, the singular can stand for the entire class of things. Normally in Gaelic with the definite article but increasingly without, cf
is toil leam iasg - you obviously like more than one fish
craobh gall-chnò - walnut tree (more than one on it)

But the plural can also be found:
taigh-chon - kennel (genitive plural)

So cùram leanabhan would probably have been the best solution, possibly even cùram nan leanabh(an).

[GunChleoc]

Cha robh cothrom agam gus dealbh a thogail ach chunnaic mi sanas-rathaid ag ràdh "Mallaig/Maliag"

[akerbeltz]

Ah, the great Saint MaLiag, also spelled MaLiathag, due to soft grey curls he had hanging from his back.

[GunChleoc]

Nach do sgrìobh thusa fhèin dàn fada ma dheidhinn?

[akerbeltz]

Rosg, a chaileag, rosg a rìoghlaicheas an rùst

Ok, fear eile - gu math simplidh, dìreach 2 mhearachd agus rud a tha beagan mì fhortanach:

[Seonaidh]

2 mhearachd? Chan fhaic mi ach trì.

'S dòcha nach eil na stràcan "acute" air na I-an ceàrr, ach nan dòigh ghòrach airson dots a chur orra.

"Taigh Òsda": uill, 's urrainn dha a bhith ceart, ach bhithinnsa air "Taigh-òsta" a sgrìobhadh, le hyphen is t an àite d.

'S ann boireannach a tha "pàirc" - agus tha stràc aice air an A cuideachd. Mar ghinideach, 's fheudar "na pàirc[e]" a bhith ann (tha an E optional).

Am faca mi a h-uile, Dhotair Ghobhardhubh?

[GunChleoc]

Seo fear eile a tha furasda:

[Thrissel]

Dè an rud? A bheil iad a' smaoineachadh nach bi na Gàidheil a' dol a dh'àite sam bith ach dhan chofaidh is na taighean-beaga?

[akerbeltz]

A Sheonaidh, tha thu ceart, Taigh-òsta (no -òsda, ma tha an soidhne caran aosta, cha choimheadainn air mar mhearachd) na Pàirc(e).

Agus tha thu ceart mun i vs í cuideachd.

Obh obh, càit am faca tu an soidhne sin, a Chleoic?

[GunChleoc]

Trongate 103. 'S e àite-ealain ùr a th' ann a chaidh fhosgladh an deireadh-seachdaine seo chaidh ann an Glaschu.

[akerbeltz]

Well, they're fairly obvious ones:
taighean-beagh > taighean-beaga
cafaidh > Cafaidh Chosachok

Ach obh obh agus obh mór eile... abair bùrach a rinn iad dhen t-soidhne sin...

Ok, fear beag ùr agus dà cheist:
1) Dé a' mhearachd?
2) Dé a' bhuaidh a th' aig a' mhearachd? Ann am facal eile, nan canadh tu am facal seo a-réir an litreachaidh, dé am fuaimneachadh a gheibheadh tu ás?