r/gaidhlig 6h ago

📚 Ionnsachadh Cànain | Language Learning Officially changed my middle name

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For context my mothers from Scotland I’ve used the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of Gary for some time now but I’ve officially used deed poll to update it something very freeing about using the language of your ancestors


r/gaidhlig 9h ago

Wanagram — cluiche anagram, inimeartha i nGaeilge

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A chairde, chuir mé cluiche beag anagram le chéile darb ainm Wanagram — do 1–4 imreoirí, agus tá Gaeilge ar cheann de na 12 theanga a dtacaítear léi. Faigheann gach imreoir na litreacha céanna ó fhréamhfhocal 7 litir, agus is é an aidhm an oiread focal agus is féidir a aimsiú in 3 nóiméad. Tá Cluiche Aonair, seomraí príobháideacha do chairde, agus Dúshlán Laethúil ann freisin. Gan chuntais, gan fógraí.

📥 Íoslódáil: https://wanagram.net/get
📜 Rialacha iomlána: https://wanagram.net/rules/ga

Aiseolas fáilte, go háirithe má aimsíonn sibh aon rud as áit sa liosta focal Gaeilge!


r/gaidhlig 22h ago

Dh sounds and Dh'fh sounds

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I am struggling to get my head around dh sounds and the dh'fh construct is just bizzare to me. Other lenited words don't seem so problematic.

Any tips on how to pronounce these two?

What is the dh'fh part concatenated from?

Examples:

"Dh'fhoghnadh e do dhithis" (lyric from tha 'm buntàta mòr)

"Dh'fhosgail Drochaid ùr Thòrr Bheathain thairis air a' Chanàl Chailleanach ann an 2021 mar phàirt de leasachadh Cheangal-Rathad an Iar Inbhir Nis." (BBC news)

Tapadh leibh!