Irish of the week
Apr. 23rd, 2020 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettNorth: tuaisceart. South: deisceart.
Left: clé. Right: deis.
Because if you are facing the rising sun, the south is to your right.
I'd been really struggling to remember the cardinal directions; I was very pleased that when we were introduced to relative directions, I went "hold on a sec--" and was completely correct. It feels like I really am learning a thing.
(Clé, it is asserted by FutureLearn Irish 101, is an archaic term for north. I am not managing to immediately find more detailed or referenced etymology.)
Similarly, east and west derive from terms for "in front" and "behind".
Left: clé. Right: deis.
Because if you are facing the rising sun, the south is to your right.
I'd been really struggling to remember the cardinal directions; I was very pleased that when we were introduced to relative directions, I went "hold on a sec--" and was completely correct. It feels like I really am learning a thing.
(Clé, it is asserted by FutureLearn Irish 101, is an archaic term for north. I am not managing to immediately find more detailed or referenced etymology.)
Similarly, east and west derive from terms for "in front" and "behind".