Vicífhoclóir:Halla Baile

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Other glossaries

It occurs to me that there are other glossaries out there on the Internet that might be open to inclusion in Vicífhoclóir. This might be an easy way to add entries once we have a standard worked out, but the status of these glossaries would need to be checked and perhaps permission sought. I'm thinking of things like an Oll-Liosta Téarmaíochta, an Foclóir Parlaiminte and an Foclóir Fhiontair as well as various glossaries by An Gúmwhich are available through acmhainn.ie.

Just thought I’d get the thought out there while it was in my head. ☸ Moilleadóir 11:57, 16 Meán Fómhair 2007 (UTC)☏

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Ainmneacha na Laethanta is na Míosa

Ba cheart go dtosnódh na focla seo le litir chás uachtair i gcónaí, fiú i dteidil alt. ☸ Moilleadóir 00:58, 26 Meitheamh 2006 (UTC) ☏

200 ailt faoi láthair

Jcwf 20:13, 22 Meán Fómhair 2007 (UTC)

plugin for firefox

Hi, I just made this plugin for ga.wiktionary for the Firefox search, maybe it is useful, best regards, --éan _(:> )=| 02:15, 23 Feabhra 2008 (UTC)

Oh super! Thanks, SB. I'm adding this to my FF browser here. Where do you get the time for all this??!!! We must add this to our "resources" page - Alison ^❤

:) If You don't like the icon we can change this easily (I just made another colour to distinguish the search engines easier). Don't ask me about time, I hardly sleep to have more of it, don't worry... Best regards, --éan _(:> )=| 17:34, 23 Feabhra 2008 (UTC)

Aistriúcháin Ainmneacha na Míonna

Sna hailt na míonna le haghaidh Catalóinise, aistrítear "març" go "Márta" ach "desembre" go "Mí na Nollag" (agus an rud céanna i "maig" is "novembre"). Ba cheart stíl amháin a úsáid. Is fearr liom "Márta", "Nollaig", srl., mar úsáidtear iad sna sonraí logchaighdeáin Unicode. —Leftmostcat 05:53, 4 Bealtaine 2008 (UTC)

Tá difríocht mhór ann idir sonraí logchaighdeán agus sainmhíniú foclóra. Le bheith cruinn, ba cheart Mí na Bealtaine srl. a scríobh i sainmhínithe toisc gur féilte iad Bealtaine, Samhain agus Nollaig chomh maith le hainmneacha míonna.

Athróidh mé iad go "Mí na [[Nollaig|Nollag]]" srl. áfach! Ní fiú duine a sheoladh chuig leathanach an ghinidigh. ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 00:54, 9 Bealtaine 2008 (UTC)

Cuil

Hello everybody. Sorry not to speak irish.

My question is about this new search engine which claims to be an irish word for knowledge (here). What is the correct spelling, cuil, cùil, cúil, cuíl, or other ?

You can answer here, or on fr:Wiktionnaire:Proposer un mot/Archive 07 2008#cuil --Réglé, as you prefer. Thanks in advance. --Szyx 07:39, 29 Iúil 2008 (UTC)

I've attempted to answer over there. Moilleadóir - any ideas? - Alison ^❤ 08:38, 29 Iúil 2008 (UTC)

Coimhlint Athraithe!!! You beat me to it while I was composing. ;P See below. ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 09:05, 29 Iúil 2008 (UTC)

In fact, I've just sent them an e-mail about this (amongst other things) this afternoon.

This word does not mean ‘knowledge’ in any conventional sense. A speaker of Modern Irish would most likely interpret it as meaning ‘fly’ (mouche!). The word they are referring to is the word for ‘hazel’ which is coll in both Modern and Old Irish. In Old Irish the plural and genitive singular was written cuill (modern coill).

The connection with knowledge comes from mythology. There are a few different stories, but here an extract from one that I happen to have on my hard disk (from Old-Irish-L, September 2000) - from Cormac's Cup:

Atchi didiu topur taitneamach isin lis, 7 coíc srotha ass, 7 na sloigh imascach ic ol usci na sroth. Nai cuill buana oscind in tobuir. Focerdaidh andsin na cuill corcarrda a cnaí isin topur conus-tennat na coíc eicne filead isin toput, co curtar a mbolga for na srothaibh. Fuaim eassa na sroth sin didiu, ba bindi na cach ceol a cantais.

As e in topur adcon[n]arcais cusna coic srothaibh ass .i. topur in fis. Is iad na cuic cétfadha triassa tarrthaitear in fis, 7 didiu ní bia dan lais nach ní na hiba dig asin tobur fesin 7 asna srothaibh. Lucht na n-illdan is iad eabhus estib diblínaib.

He sees then a bright/splendid/pleasant well/spring in the courtyard, & five streams out of it, & the companies/throngs in turn [read 'immasech'] drinking the water of the the streams. Nine everlasting hazel trees (are) above the well/spring. There the purple/crimson hazel trees cast down their nuts into the well/spring so that the five poet-salmon in the well/spring crack them, and so their bubbles are put on the streams. The waterfall sound of those streams then, was sweeter than any music that (they) would sing.     {translation by Dennis King}

The fountain which thou sawest, with the five streams out of it, is the Fountain of Knowledge, and the streams are the five senses through which knowledge is obtained(?) And no one will have knowledge who drinketh not a draught out of the fountain itself and out of the streams. The folk of many arts are those who drink of them both.     (translation from Irische Texte)

Somewhere along the line there is also a story about the salmon eating the hazelnuts and becoming the famed Bradán Feasa (‘Salmon of Knowledge/Wisdom’) which the poet Finn Eces takes 7 years to catch. He then tells his apprentice, Find mac Cumail, to cook it for him, warning him not to eat its flesh. Fionn burns his thumb and immediately puts it in his mouth, thus gaining all the world’s knowledge.

So, in a very roundabout way you can get from hazel trees (cuill) to hazelnuts to salmon to knowledge, but only in a very abstract poetic sense.

I would pronounce it more like the English word quill by the way. I’m not 100% sure of Old Irish IPA conventions, but it might be /kˠɪʟʲ/.

☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 09:05, 29 Iúil 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to you both for this prompt and extensive response. :-)) --Szyx 14:13, 29 Iúil 2008 (UTC)

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Vicífhoclóir:Staidrimh

For those of you who enjoy such things I translated a self-updating stats table. (Works easier here than at nl!). May the numbers skyrocket in 2009! Best wishes. Jcwf 23:27, 29 Mí na Nollag 2008 (UTC)

Awesome!! :) Míle maith agat, a chara. Best wishes to you, Jaap, for the New Year!! Thanks for everything you've done on Vicífhoclóir last year :) - Alison ^❤ 07:30, 30 Mí na Nollag 2008 (UTC) (I've pluralized it. Hope that's okay)

Úsáid an Ailt i dTeidil

Bhíos ag smaoineamh ar úsáid an ailt i dteidil leathanach agus measaim nár chóir dúinn é a úsáid. Má táim ar lorg focail i bhfoclóir, ní chuardaím ar "the Soviet Union" nó "an Ghearmáin" ach ar "Soviet Union" nó "Gearmáin". Is féidir linn "an" a chur san iontráil, ach tá ciall le teideal gan é, dar liomsa. Cad a cheapann sibh? (Tá brón orm agus abair liom mura bhfuil an chúis soiléir.) —Leftmostcat 10:19, 4 Eanáir 2009 (UTC)

Is dócha gur cuma cén teideal a úáidtear chomh fada is go bhfuil 'redirect' ón gceann a úsáidtear go dtí an leagan eile. Sílim féin gur fearr an t-alt a fhágáil sa teideal toisc gurb é sin ainm ceart na tíre (seachas dár ndóigh tíortha nach nglacann an t-alt ar nós Éire, Sasana, Angóla, 7rl) Ní bhfeicfí 'Gearmáin' scríofa leis féin go minic, an t-aon sampla gur féidir liom smaoineamh ar ná sa fhrása 'ón nGearmáin', ach mar a dúirt mé, má tá 'redirect' ann geobhfar an leathanach ceart ar aon nós.

—Scríobh an t-úsáideoir Usjes (plé) an trácht thuas gan é a shíniú • dréachtaí) 04:39, 5 Eanáir 2009

Creidim go bhfuil fadhbanna ag baint le n-úsáid an ailt i dteidil leathanach, m.sh. faoi láthair ní gheobhaidh tú toradh ar bith ar chuardach le haghaidh Gearmáin agus féach ar an gcatagóir Gaeilge: ainmfhocail - an bhfuil an Ghearmáin le fáil faoi G? Aontóinn leat go mba cheart an t-alt a úsáid i dteideal leathanaigh sa Vicipéid ach is foclóir é seo agus b'fhearr an t-aonad teangeolaíoch is bunúsaí a úsáid mar teideal. Mar sin féin, ceapaim gur riachtanach an t-alt a chur isteach i líne an cheannfhocail (m.sh. an Ghearmáin, bain.² (gu. na Gearmáine)). Ansin gheofá toradh ar chuardach le haghaidh Gearmáin agus an Ghearmáin (gan redirect a chruthú) agus bheadh sórtáil cheart ann sna catagóirí. ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 16:29, 10 Bealtaine 2009 (UTC)

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And the discussion is here. Actually I've always hated the Wiktionary logo. ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 17:08, 10 Bealtaine 2009 (UTC)

Bonjour du Wiktionnaire

Póg (I'm sure it's not appropriate, but it's an irish word I learned in the book below -- I meant "hello", but "kiss" is a good approximation ;-)

Je suis en train d'entrer dans le Wiktionnaire les mots de L'irlandais de poche, Assimil évasion, ISBN 2-7005-0279-5, 2003. Des choses comme bosca litreach ou sonas. Cela vous intéressait-il de m'aider, en particulier pour les prononciations ?

I'm currently adding to French Wiktionary the words listed in L'irlandais de poche ("The Pocket Irish", reference above). Would you be interested in helping me, in particular for the pronunciations ?

Go raibh maith agat.--Szyx 22:56, 19 Bealtaine 2009 (UTC)

Je ne manque pas des choses à faire ici, mais je peux vous aider...peut-être...de temps en temps. Est-ce que c'est possible créer une catégorie comme "Prononciations manquant en gaélique irlandais"? ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 07:09, 20 Bealtaine 2009 (UTC)

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The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking new ideas and proposals for Individual Engagement Grants. These grants fund individuals or small groups to complete projects that help improve this community. If interested, please submit a completed proposal by February 15, 2013. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG for more information.

Thanks! --Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 20:24, 30 Eanáir 2013 (UTC)

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Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians)

Greetings. As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech blog or the tech ambassadors list, a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites today. Lua is a scripting language that enables you to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next week: one on Wednesday (for Oceania, Asia & America) and one on Friday (for Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC office hours for the details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua scripting.

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance, consider becoming a Tech ambassador by subscribing to the mailing list. You will also be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system. 19:37, 13 Márta 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Proposal of a pronunciation recording tool

Hello, Rahul21, a developer, offers to develop a pronunciation recording tool for Wiktionary, helped by Michael Dale as part of GSoC. The tool would allow to record and add audio pronunciations to Wiktionary entries while browsing them (see background discussion on Wiktionary-l). Please read and comment the proposal! Regards, Nemo 22:38, 9 Aibreán 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment on inactive administrators

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians. Please also consider translating the proposal.)

Read this message in English / Lleer esti mensaxe n'asturianu / বাংলায় এই বার্তাটি পড়ুন / Llegiu aquest missatge en català / Læs denne besked på dansk / Lies diese Nachricht auf Deutsch / Leś cal mesag' chè in Emiliàn / Leer este mensaje en español / Lue tämä viesti suomeksi / Lire ce message en français / Ler esta mensaxe en galego / हिन्दी / Pročitajte ovu poruku na hrvatskom / Baca pesan ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia / Leggi questo messaggio in italiano / ಈ ಸಂದೇಶವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಿ / Aqra dan il-messaġġ bil-Malti / norsk (bokmål) / Lees dit bericht in het Nederlands / Przeczytaj tę wiadomość po polsku / Citiți acest mesaj în română / Прочитать это сообщение на русском / Farriintaan ku aqri Af-Soomaali / Pročitaj ovu poruku na srpskom (Прочитај ову поруку на српском) / อ่านข้อความนี้ในภาษาไทย / Прочитати це повідомлення українською мовою / Đọc thông báo bằng tiếng Việt / 使用中文阅读本信息。

Hello!

There is a new request for comment on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.

We are also compiling a list of projects with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.

All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.

Thanks, Billinghurst (thanks to all the translators!) 04:41, 24 Aibreán 2013 (UTC)

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[en] Change to wiki account system and account renaming

Some accounts will soon be renamed due to a technical change that the developer team at Wikimedia are making. More details on Meta.

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[en] Change to section edit links

The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.

Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.

Detailed information and a timeline is available on meta.

Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.

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Tech newsletter: Subscribe to receive the next editions

Latest Tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.

Recent software changes

(Not all changes will affect you.)

• The latest version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf4) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and to the English Wikipedia (with a Wikidata software update) on May 20. It will be updated on all other Wikipedia sites on May 22. [1] [2]
• A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. [3]
• MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. [4]
• VisualEditor was added to all content namespaces on mediawiki.org on May 20. [5]
• A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to edit templates. [6]
• New sites: Greek Wikivoyage and Venetian Wiktionary joined the Wikimedia family last week; the total number of project wikis is now 794. [7] [8]
• The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a third group of updates. [9]
• The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). [10]

Future software changes

• The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. [11]
• An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. [12]
• The final version of the "single user login" (which allows people to use the same username on different Wikimedia wikis) is moved to August 2013. The software will automatically rename some usernames. [13]
• A new discussion system for MediaWiki, called "Flow", is under development. Wikimedia designers need your help to inform other users, test the prototype and discuss the interface. [14].
• The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. [15]

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by Global message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Unsubscribe • 20:35, 20 Bealtaine 2013 (UTC)

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