Irish Translation Forum

Hello
I've been going nuts trying to find the pronunciation of doirtear. Appearantly it means (the command) "spill".
If you know, could you please give me a pronunciation?
ALSO! While I'm here, is "Doirtear m'fhuil grammatically correct? I mean "Spill my blood", as a command (or "Let my blood be spilt")
If anyone could help, I'd be extremely grateful!!

Thanks in advanced!

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Doirtear is not the command spilll. Doirtear means "is spilled". The command is Doirt. Pronounced like Dert.

Doirtear is both the present and the command form of the autonomous so it could mean "let ....be spilled", or "....is spilled"
If I was just saying "spill..." to someone specific I would use doirt

Gealún wrote: "....is spilled"

That would be my understanding of it.

iarfhlaith_aerach wrote:

Gealún wrote: "....is spilled"

That would be my understanding of it.

I think nine times out of ten that would probably be the case as well. Certainly if I saw "doirtear uisce", it would mean "water is spilled" to me. But I had a nosey around and came across a few examples of the -tear form used as an imprative "let…be", they were mostly in the Bible, so I suspect it is more a literary device than something that you'd hear said that often.

Thanks for all your help, you guys!!

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Note: It's okay in this case that it's more of a literary thing than an every-day-speech thing -- and even that it's a little ambiguous in meaning -- as it's for a poem (poets -- God help us! )

I wouldn't call it a literally thing. It is commonly used.
Doirtear uisce ar an bpáiste - (In baptism) water is poured on the baby.
Labhraítear Gaeilge in Árainn - Irish is spoken in Árainn.

No individual doing the action is mentioned.

iarfhlaith_aerach wrote:I wouldn't call it a literally thing. It is commonly used.
Doirtear uisce ar an bpáiste - (In baptism) water is poured on the baby.
Labhraítear Gaeilge in Árainn - Irish is spoken in Árainn.

mentioned.

Tá an ceart agat!!!

Shakes head, shakes head, shakes head............ it's in continual use ......... m'anam! Úsáidtear an saor briathar go coitianta!! Ag croitheadh cinn fós! M'anam ón riasc!

One in general is like this (one as people in general)

one pours - doirtear
cuirtear - one puts
óltar - one drinks

It's very obvious grammar is not taught in schools these days in ANY teanga....sighs.....
Bad circle!