{"id":5651,"date":"2020-11-28T13:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2024-04-05T21:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:02:24","slug":"seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/11\/28\/seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Seals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>seal<\/strong> and other creatures in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/8723062458\/in\/album-72157633294610387\/\" title=\"Seals\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7329\/8723062458_dc960c9196_z.jpg\" alt=\"Seals\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Species of seals that may be found around the Celtic lands include the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harbor_seal\">common or harbour seal<\/a>  (<em>Phoca vitulina<\/em>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grey_seal\">grey seal<\/a> (<em>Halichoerus grypus<\/em>). Other species are available.<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r\u00f3n<\/strong> = seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r\u00f3n, ron<\/strong> = seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r\u00f3n<\/strong> = seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f3n beag<\/strong> = harbour\/common seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f3n glas<\/strong> = grey seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f3nach<\/strong> = seals, abounding in seals<br \/>\n<strong>cladach r\u00f3nta<\/strong> = shoal of seals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r\u00f2n<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u02d0n] = seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f2n cumanta \/ r\u00f2n-dubh<\/strong> = harbour\/common seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f2n glas<\/strong> = grey seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f2nan<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u02d0nan] = little seal<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f2nach<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u02d0n\u0259x] = pertaining to or abounding in seals<br \/>\n<strong>r\u00f2nanach<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u02d0nan\u0259x] = pertaining to or abounding in little seals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>raun<\/strong> = seal<br \/>\n<strong>raun beg<\/strong> = harbour\/common seal<br \/>\n<strong>raun glass\/ghlass<\/strong> = grey seal<br \/>\n<strong>raunagh<\/strong> = seal-like, seal hunt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moelronyeit, moelrawn, moelrhawn<\/strong> = hippopotamus, seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td>moel<strong>rhon<\/strong>, moel<strong>rhawn<\/strong> = seal, porpoise, dophin, hippopotamus<br \/>\n<strong>moelrhonaidd<\/strong> = seal-like<br \/>\n<strong>moelrhoniwr<\/strong> = seal hunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>reun<\/strong> = seal<br \/>\n<strong>reun kemmyn<\/strong> = harbour\/common seal<br \/>\n<strong>reun loos<\/strong> = grey seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>reunig<\/strong> = seal<br \/>\n<strong>reunig morleue<\/strong> = harbour\/common seal<br \/>\n<strong>reunig gris<\/strong> = grey seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from Old English <em>hran<\/em> (whale), from Proto-Germanic <em>*harza\/harza-<\/em> (a kind of fish). Incidentally, the Irish name <strong>R\u00f3n\u00e1n<\/strong> means &#8220;little seal&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/r%C3%B3n#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhwch, morwch<\/strong> = seal, porpoise, dolphin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morwch, m\u00f4r-hwch<\/strong> = seal, porpoise, dolphin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhoch<\/strong> = porpoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhoch<\/strong> = porpoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhogh<\/strong> = porpoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhouch, mourouch, moroch<\/strong> = porpoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morhoc&#8217;h<\/strong> = porpoise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Welsh): from <em>m\u00f4r<\/em> (sea) and <em>hwch<\/em> (calf). The words in Cornish and Breton come from similar roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/morlo\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morylo<\/strong> = seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morlo<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u0254rl\u0254] = seal, sealskin<br \/>\n<strong>morlo cyffredin<\/strong> = common seal<br \/>\n<strong>morlo llwyd<\/strong> = grey seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>leue-mor<\/strong> = seal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Welsh): from <em>m\u00f4r<\/em> (sea) and <em>llo<\/em> (calf). The word in Breton come from similar roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/morlo\">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 seal and other creatures in Celtic languages. Species of seals that may be found around the Celtic lands include the common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). Other species are available. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) r\u00f3n = seal Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) r\u00f3n, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,73,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,9,71,10,70,67,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-proto-germanic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651","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=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8092,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions\/8092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}