the craic!

Jay Pentatonic

Hey, I've got just a quick question,

If you want to say "the craic" as gaeilge, does it become,

an chraic

Or do you just leave it...
is it even ok to say "an chraic"? (using the definite article). it sounds a little odd to me.

either way,
is maith liom an chraic!!!

An gal gréine

Yup, it's "an chraic".

pog it

Ya'll hear 'great craic' (an-chraic!) being said too.

'very/great' is expressed by 'an-' and it gets the hyphen between it and the noun) so the hyphen will show the 'an' doesn't mean 'the'.

Jay Pentatonic

Cool, I guess that sorts that one out!
Thanks guys!

jamesnp

Just to clear it up:

the craic = an craic Bhí an craic nocha The craic was ninety
great craic = an-chraic Bhí sé an-chraic go deo It was great craic altogether

-jp

conchubhar1

ye it is masculine so no h with the definite article (an)

Míshásta

conchubhar1 wrote: »

ye it is masculine so no h with the definite article (an)

Why do you say it's masculine. Most if not all words in this form are feminine in Irish. An Foclóir Beag and Ó Dónaill has it feminine.

Despite many people thinking it's an old Irish term it's actually a loan word from English slang.

"An Chraic" déarfainn.

Jay Pentatonic

Yeah, my dictionary said it was feminine as well, that's why I started this whole thread, because, until recently, I never saw "an chraic" before, so I was just making sure :pac:

jamesnp

Jay1989 wrote: »

Yeah, my dictionary said it was feminine as well, that's why I started this whole thread, because, until recently, I never saw "an chraic" before, so I was just making sure :pac:

Just checked an foclóir beag... and sure enough it says feminine. I'm not sure now to be honest. My instinct is that it's masculine, though.

-jp

Míshásta

Muna thagraíonn ainmfhocal do shlí bheatha nó do cháilíocht, má chríochnaíonn sé ar chonsan caol bíonn sé baininscneach de ghnáth. De réir mar a thuigimsa ar aon nós.

Ach bíodh an c(h)raic firinscinneach nó baininscneach, 'sé an rud is tábhachtaí ná go mbaineann sibh sult agus taitneamh as/aisti.

Míshásta

Jay1989 wrote: »

I never saw "an chraic" before, :pac:

de réir an Uasail Gúgail:

Torthaí 11 - 20 as timpeall 1,870 le haghaidh "an chraic".

Torthaí 1 - 10 as timpeall 4,720 le haghaidh "an craic".

conchubhar1

ah i fell into the trap of seeing ''f'' written down, by meself aswel lol, and not reliasing I had wrote ''f'' and ''b''

so ye it is feminine - so technically it is still ''an chraic''

my bad