#eclipsion

[birmit]

Found a cute pet in Azj-Kahet today 

[ly0nstea]

Irish Grammar Lesson! Ceachta Gaeilge Grammadaí! Urú or eclipses

The urú is the unofficial partner of the séimhiú, seeing as they both add a letter to the beggining of a word.

When adding an urú, you add one (and with one case two) letters before the first letter.

Each letter which takes an urú takes a different letter. The letters which take an urú ar b, c, d, t, g, p, and f. After the urú, they become mb, gc, nd, dt, ng, bp, bhf.

The way I remember them is a mnemonic I was taught in secondary school which goes, My Brother, Got Caught, Not Doing, Dishes Tonight, Nobody Gets, Blueberry Pie, Before He Finishes. The initial of each words tells you what the urú is.

Thanks to @elodylie for letting me know her mnemonic is Many Boys, Go Camping, Near Ditches, BeHind Fences, No Girls, Back Packing, Down There! Each capital is the letters in the urú (note here the urú for f is one word despite being 2 letters which is why the H is also capitalised).

When pronouncing the word with an urú, you skip the original letter, and pronounce it as if the initial letter was replaced by the urú. With the exception of 'ng' which is closer to the ng sound we see in words like running, walking, etc. in English

Note there is a non-urú eclipse on vowels, when eclipsing a vowel (using all the same rules below) you prefix the eclipsed word with 'n-', e.g. ceol na n-éan, though sometimes the n is added to the end of the previous word like the phrase in éirinn

So when do you add an urú?

When talking about possession, all nouns following a plural pronoun (ár, bhur, a - our, your, their) take an urú. e.g. Cat goes to A gCat (their (pl.) cat). (note that when adding an urú to a capitalised noun, you generally keep the original capitalisation while leaving the urú lowercaseas above)

Eclipsion also happens after the preposition i.

When counting objects 7-10, seven boats are seacht mbád, nineteen boats are naoi déag mbáid.

Words following an in the interrogative tense (not when using an as in the word The) as well as words following nach, and go, as well as dá, sula, mura, and cá.

They are also added after genitive plural nouns following 'na' and dative singular nouns following 'an' though these are a little wordy and technical. The video below explains it well but essentially, if you're saying __ an __ where the first gap is a preposition (ar, ag, faoi, etc.) and the second gap is an eclipsable noun, eclipse it.

Note that adjectives are not eclipsed regardless of the rules above.

This video is also good to learn about the urú.

And like with the séimhiú post, don't sweat it! It isn't that big of a deal if you mess up, even if you only remember the possession rule, you won't run into any major issues with the meaning being changed.

[vaesha-draecon]

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[nye-eclipsion]

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“It’s easy to forget just how dangerous the Time Weaver truly is. It is a being composed of malleable energy, able to be changed according to its whims. I have learned the hard way that the graceful and inviting exterior is but a façade, a shell to cover its pure form. Underneath lies power and force beyond simple comprehension.” - Unknown

listened to a tattletail song and was inspired to draw this o: Pure Time Weavers are fun to draw

[birmit]

finished refs!

my twilight dragon Eclipsion

And I designed her real dragon form a while ago too

[birmit]

sorry i have new obsession and it's her

[birmit]

preparing refs for artfight

it'll be my first year!