Irish Translation Forum

Hi a cháirde , tá ''search engine ' núa ann darb ainm 'Cuil' bainn triall as.
New search engine called 'Cuil' a gaelic word give it a go. Christy

I heard it's supposed to mean "knowledge" but my dictionary defines it as "fly" (the insect). Is it Old Irish, maybe?

avanutria wrote:I heard it's supposed to mean "knowledge" but my dictionary defines it as "fly" (the insect). Is it Old Irish, maybe?

Hi, I saw it on the BBC and they say it means 'hazel' the tree as well . As far as I know it is SG.
Is this another example of a resurgence in our sister Gaelic however small. I was very pleased to see the Nova Scotian effort to reclaim their Gaelic heritage. Also a bit extra, ''Firefox'' as Gaeilge. Try it.
Christy

Shea, tá Firefox as Gaeilge agam, is breá liom é, ach I still have to refer to English screenshots on some of the more complex menus!

Christy Quinn. wrote:

avanutria wrote:I heard it's supposed to mean "knowledge" but my dictionary defines it as "fly" (the insect). Is it Old Irish, maybe?

Hi, I saw it on the BBC and they say it means 'hazel' the tree as well . As far as I know it is SG.
Is this another example of a resurgence in our sister Gaelic however small. I was very pleased to see the Nova Scotian effort to reclaim their Gaelic heritage. Also a bit extra, ''Firefox'' as Gaeilge. Try it.
Christy

I saw it on NBC (or an American network yesterday.) They Said Ciúl was an old Irish word for knowledge. It was started by two ex Google employees and while it will give you more hits than Google it has no other Google like functions except search..
A Quote..Sure, I saw the eleventy billion pages it's cached or whatever. But when I type in something like 'M9250F' it SHOULD come back with the results of a computer manufactured by HP.

What I got was; "your search includes a term that is very rare. Try to find a more common substitute."

Hey, Google found 54,500 related pages...you could have at least found one or two.
Not Cool

When you try it out, hit the faq header .Cuil says the name means hazel so they should know.

Too bad they didn't come to us first! "Cúil" = "corner/nook."

Redwolf

Beagle wrote:When you try it out, hit the faq header .Cuil says the name means hazel so they should know.

Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.

The above qoute from their own Website

They must be really screwed up

Beagle wrote:When you try it out, hit the faq header .Cuil says the name means hazel so they should know.

They also say it means knowledge on http://www.cuil.com/info/ ("Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.")

In the FAQ they say it means both ("Cuil is the Gaelic word for both knowledge and hazel"), and cite the story of the salmon of knowledge.

I do like the idea of sucking one's thumb to gain knowledge. Wish I'd know that as an argument when I was four.

Aha...but what do they mean by nuts?




In Worship of Trees


Written and Compiled by George Knowles
Myths, Lore and the Celtic Tree Calendar / Birch / Rowan / Ash / Alder / Willow / Hawthorn / Oak / Holly / Hazel / Vine / Ivy / Reed / Elder



Hazel
The Hazel tree (Corylus avellana) is member of the birch family (Betulaceae), and is one of the sacred trees of Wicca/Witchcraft revered by the ancients and contemporaries alike. In Celtic lore the Hazel was considered a tree of knowledge, particularly in Ireland were its nuts became a symbol of great mystical wisdom. There are some 15 species of Hazel native to the Northern temperate zones and variously called filbert, hazelnut or cobnut depending on the relative length of the nut to its husk. The large cobnut variety is of the European species