{"id":5497,"date":"2020-08-22T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5497"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:30:00","slug":"geese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/08\/22\/geese\/","title":{"rendered":"Geese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic words for <strong>goose<\/strong>, waterfowl of the genus of the family <em>Anatidae<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/35735489003\/in\/photolist-2aFU2fc-NykZqb-2aFU2Lx-WrPHSK-RYV37U-PCuidf-Nr5Jxy-DgQf5V\" title=\"Geese \/ Gwyddau\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4349\/35735489003_3aec35c251_z.jpg\" alt=\"Geese \/ Gwyddau\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/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>*gezd\u0101<\/strong> = goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u00e9d<\/strong> = goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u00e9<\/strong> [\u025fe\u02d0] = goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e9 ghlas<\/strong> = greylag goose (<em>Anser anser<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e9 ghi\u00farainn<\/strong> = barnacle goose (<em>Branta leucopsis<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>cadhan<\/strong> = brent goose (<em>Branta bernicla<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e9 Cheanadach<\/strong> = Canada goose (<em>Branta canadensis<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u00e8adh<\/strong> [g\u02b2i\u0259\u0263] = goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e8adh-glas<\/strong> = greylag goose<br \/>\n<strong>cathach<\/strong> [ka.\u0259x] = barnacle goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e8adh-got<\/strong> = brent goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u00e8adh Canadach<\/strong> = Canada goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guiy<\/strong> = goose<br \/>\n<strong>guiy glass<\/strong> = greylag goose<br \/>\n<strong>guiy twoaie<\/strong> = barnacle goose<br \/>\n<strong>guiy breck<\/strong> = brent goose<br \/>\n<strong>guiy Canadagh<\/strong> = Canada goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guit<\/strong> = goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> [\u0261u\u02d0\u0268\u032f\u00f0 \/ \u0261\u028ai\u032f\u00f0] = goose, simpleton<br \/>\n<strong>g\u0175ydd wyllt (gyffredin)<\/strong> = greylag goose, wild goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u0175ydd (g)wyrain<\/strong> = barnacle goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u0175ydd ddu<\/strong> brent goose<br \/>\n<strong>g\u0175ydd Ganada<\/strong> = Canada goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>guit<\/strong> = goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goedh<\/strong> = goose<br \/>\n<strong>goth wyls<\/strong> = greylag goose, wild goose<br \/>\n<strong>morwoth<\/strong> = barnacle goose<br \/>\n<strong>goth mannow<\/strong> = brent goose<br \/>\n<strong>goth kanada<\/strong> = Canada goos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwaz<\/strong> = goose<br \/>\n<strong>gwaz louet<\/strong> = greylag goose, wild goose<br \/>\n<strong>garreli dremm wenn<\/strong> = barnacle goose<br \/>\n<strong>garreli boutin<\/strong> = brent goose<br \/>\n<strong>garreli-Kanada<\/strong> = Canada goose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: the types of goose mentioned here are commonly found in Celtic-speaking areas. Other types of geese are available.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tune I wrote inspired by a couple of geese (pictured above) who used to live on the seashore in Bangor, and who I called Bertie and Gertie: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/goosingaround\">Goosing Around \/ Gwyddio o Gwmpas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/573264390&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\" title=\"Simon Ager\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/goosingaround\" title=\"Goosing Around \/ Gwyddio o Gwmpas\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goosing Around \/ Gwyddio o Gwmpas<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Wiktionary:Main_Page\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceantar.org\/Dicts\/MB2\/index.html\">MacBain&#8217;s Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old-Irish Glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/fear\">teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.focloir.ie\/en\/\">f\u00f3cloir.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/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=gour\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fr.brezhoneg.bzh\/36-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic words for goose, waterfowl of the genus of the family Anatidae. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *gezd\u0101 = goose Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) g\u00e9d = goose Irish (Gaeilge) g\u00e9 [\u025fe\u02d0] = goose g\u00e9 ghlas = greylag goose (Anser anser) g\u00e9 ghi\u00farainn = barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) cadhan = brent goose (Branta bernicla) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,84,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,7,9,10,12,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-birds","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-celtic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497","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=5497"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7823,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions\/7823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}