{"id":5645,"date":"2020-11-20T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5645"},"modified":"2024-08-10T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:51:32","slug":"sea-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/11\/20\/sea-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>whale<\/strong> and related sea monsters in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7279062@N04\/426091233\/in\/photolist-DDQ5z-2aLBRL-heWgpu-BUCmma-3o1g6P-2htqf45-84yoZw-HJSUd9-6VYca9-3Qr1n-5ysHVR-mjcNF-dYB7ZQ-dVXzgy-dYB8o9-dYvpZp-rdqY7p-dYvqnD-dYB8CC-3PJke-dYB8sd-HMQcWq-6NeRJu-c123-qzm2g1-dYvqd2-fi8zjM-57ZHLZ-5qLL5M-ov2Crq-reTD1T-6x3Msb-dPCqaS-4rwqvJ-5csWf3-7F1cC8-9Xn1Mt-98LP1M-sbomk2-dCmGPE-fiYJHz-6PUfpd-fiYKiF-8mwNDu-aW8TCP-TGUcG-2jddKPF-oKuzr5-a54tm1-6PU9Ru\" title=\"WHALE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/170\/426091233_36d39c3071_z.jpg\" alt=\"WHALE\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some species of whales that may be found around the Celtic lands include the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humpback_whale\">humpback whale<\/a>  (<em>Megaptera novaeangliae<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Atlantic_right_whale\">North Atlantic right whale<\/a> (<em>Eubalaena glacialis<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Atlantic_right_whale\">common minke whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera acutorostrata<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sei_whale\">sei whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera borealis<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fin_whale\">fin whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera physalus<\/em>), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fin_whale\">killer whale<\/a> or orca (<em>Orcinus orca<\/em>). Other species are available.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*mori-m\u012blo<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00edl m\u00f3r \/ bled \/ bledmil<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>murimil \/ bled<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r<\/strong> = whale<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r an oighir<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r an oighir<\/strong> = North Atlantic right whale<br \/>\n<strong>droimeiteach beag<\/strong> = common minke whale<br \/>\n<strong>droimeiteach<\/strong> = fin whale<br \/>\n<strong>mhadadh-cuain<\/strong> = killer whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mial-mh\u00f3r \/ muc-mhara \/ blaoch \/ bleth \/ bleidh mhiol<\/strong>  = whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-mhara dhronnach, muc-mhara chrotach<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-mhara cheart thuathach<\/strong> = North Atlantic right whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-mhionc choitcheann, rorcual-beag<\/strong> = common minke whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-mhara nan saoidhean<\/strong> = sei whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-mhara dhruim-iteach \/ muc-an-sgadain<\/strong> = fin whale<br \/>\n<strong>cr\u00e1in dhubh \/ grampar<\/strong> = killer whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>meeyl mooar, muc varrey<\/strong> = whale<br \/>\n<strong>feer-whale<\/strong> = right whale<br \/>\n<strong>muc-varrey Minke<\/strong> = minke whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morfil<\/strong> = whale, sea monster, the constellation Cetus (the Whale)<br \/>\n<strong>morfil cefngrwm<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil cywir \/ morfil walbon<\/strong> = right whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil pigfain<\/strong> = common minke whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil sei \/ morfil asgellog sei<\/strong> = sei whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil asgellog llwyd<\/strong> = fin whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil danheddog \/ morfil ffyrnig \/ lleiddiad<\/strong> = killer whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morvil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morvil<\/strong> = whale<br \/>\n<strong>balum askellek<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>balum reizh du<\/strong> = North Atlantic right whale<br \/>\n<strong>skoazog<\/strong> = killer whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: these words mean \u2018sea creature\u2019, \u2018large beast\u2019, \u2018sea pig\u2019 or something similar.<\/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=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\">An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language<\/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 whale and related sea monsters in Celtic languages. Some species of whales that may be found around the Celtic lands include the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), the sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis), the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), and the killer whale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,16,26,19,20,21,3,37,27,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645","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=5645"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8344,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions\/8344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}