{"id":3405,"date":"2018-10-12T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2024-02-11T20:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:20:37","slug":"blue-black-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/12\/blue-black-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue \/ Black \/ Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>blue \/ dark \/ dun<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/53256580622\/in\/album-72157671265431635\/\" title=\"The Trials of Cato\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53256580622_13fdcd6929_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The Trials of Cato\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gurmos<\/strong> = dun, dark, blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorm<\/strong> = blue, dark, green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorm<\/strong> = (deep) blue, green, dark, swarthy, black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorm<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261\u0254\u027e\u02e0\u0259m\u02e0] = blue, dyeing-blue; azure, dark-blue; livid, purple<br \/>\n<strong>goirme<\/strong> = blueness<br \/>\n<strong>gormaigh, gorm\u00fa<\/strong> = to colour blue, become blue<br \/>\n<strong>gormchl\u00f3<\/strong> = blue-print<br \/>\n<strong>gormghlas<\/strong> = blue-green, sea-green, aquamarine<br \/>\n<strong>gormroscach, gormsh\u00faileach<\/strong> = blue-eyed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorm<\/strong> [g\u0254r\u0254m] = blue; green, verdant; green, inexperienced, wet (behind the ears)<br \/>\n<strong>gorm-ghlas<\/strong> = azure, cerulean, dapple grey (horse)<br \/>\n<strong>gorm_sh\u00f9ileach<\/strong> = blue-eyed (person)<br \/>\n<strong>gorm-uaine<\/strong> = blue-green<br \/>\n<strong>gormachadh<\/strong> [g\u0254r\u0254m\u0259x\u0259\u0263] = making blue or grey<br \/>\n<strong>gormailean<\/strong> = blue-eyed person, highly naive person<br \/>\n<strong>muc-ghorm<\/strong> = blue whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorrym<\/strong> = blue, black, dark-skinned<br \/>\n<strong>gormaghey<\/strong> = blue, cyanosis<br \/>\n<strong>gorrymaghey<\/strong> = blue<br \/>\n<strong>gorrym dorraghey<\/strong> = dark blue<br \/>\n<strong>bane-ghorrym<\/strong> = light blue<br \/>\n<strong>doo-ghorrym<\/strong> = navy blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gurm<\/strong> = dun, dark, blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gurum, gurim, gwrym, gurem<\/strong> = brown, dark-brown<br \/>\n<strong>gwrymde, gurym de<\/strong> = dark-blue, greyish-blue, swarthy, wearing mourning<br \/>\n<strong>gwrymseirch, gwrmseirch, gurumseirch<\/strong> = dark-blue armour or harness, horse-trappings, traces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwrm, gwrwm<\/strong> = brown, dark-brown, reddish, greyish-brown, dark-grey, dark, dusky, black, dark-blue, blue<br \/>\n<strong>gwr(w)mder<\/strong> = blackness, duskiness, murkiness, mist<br \/>\n<strong>gwr(w)mdde<\/strong> = dark-blue, greyish-blue, swarthy, wearing mourning<br \/>\n<strong>gwr(w)mddu<\/strong> = dusky, blackish, black garment<br \/>\n<strong>gwr(w)mseirch, gwrymseirch<\/strong> = dark-blue armour or harness, horse-trappings, traces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gorm<\/strong> [g\u0254rm] =  (dark\/dull) brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>uurm<\/strong>-haelon = with dark brows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: uncertain &#8211; possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gurmos\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=penn\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for blue \/ dark \/ dun in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *gurmos = dun, dark, blue Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gorm = blue, dark, green Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) gorm = (deep) blue, green, dark, swarthy, black Irish (Gaeilge) gorm [\u02c8\u0261\u0254\u027e\u02e0\u0259m\u02e0] = blue, dyeing-blue; azure, dark-blue; livid, purple goirme = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,38,26,19,20,21,3,22,37,7,27,8,11,12,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-colours","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7952,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions\/7952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}