大象传媒

A bheil sibh e貌lach air an fhacal muir? Tha e a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥渟ea鈥�. A鈥� mhuir 鈥� the sea. A bheil sibh e貌lach air an fhacal 迟矛谤? Tha e a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥渓and鈥�. An 迟矛谤 鈥� the land. Muir is 迟矛谤 鈥� the sea and the land. Tha an d脿 chuid cudromach air a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd.

Uill, tha ceist agam dhuibh. D猫 tha am facal 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 a鈥� ciallachadh? 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑. 鈥橲 e ainmear a tha ann 鈥� no noun. Tha e air a dh猫anamh de na faclan muir agus 迟矛谤. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑. 鈥橲 e sin a鈥� Gh脿idhlig air amphibian. Rudeigin a tha be貌 anns a鈥� mhuir agus air 迟矛谤. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 鈥� amphibian. Tha sinn a鈥� cleachdadh 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 cuideachd mar bhuadh-air no adjective. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 鈥� amphibious.

Tha sinn ag r脿dh gu bheil r貌in 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑. P脿irt dhen 霉ine bidh r貌in aig muir, ag iasgach is a鈥� sn脿mh. P脿irt dhen 霉ine bidh r貌in air 迟矛谤, a鈥� gabhail fois. Ach cha bhi sinn a鈥� gabhail 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 mar ainmear air r貌n. 鈥橲 e r貌n mamail. Chan e r貌n 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑.

Ach d猫 mu dheidhinn losgann, no frog? Cha bhi losgannan a鈥� dol gu muir. Cha toigh le losgannan salann. Tha iad be貌 ann am f矛or-uisge, agus air 迟矛谤 faisg air f矛or-uisge. Saoil an e 鈥渦isge-th矛reach鈥� a bu ch貌ir a bhith againn air amphibian, seach 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑?

Uill, chanainn gu bheil 鈥湷境芫卑�-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑鈥� ceart gu le貌r, oir 鈥檚 e sin am facal a tha againn airson amphibian. Agus chan eil am facal amphibian ann am Beurla ag innse gu bheil an聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 t-ainmhidh a鈥� dol eadar uisge agus 迟矛谤. Tha amphibian a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥溁迕�-产丑别补迟丑补肠丑鈥� no one with a double life. Tha e a鈥� tighinn bhon t-seann Ghreu-ais. Agus bidh cuid ag r脿dh 诲脿-产丑别补迟丑补肠丑 ann an G脿idhlig airson amphibian.

Tha am facal 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 air l脿rach-l矛n 霉r a tha gu math feumail. Air an l脿raich, tha t貌rr ainmean G脿idhlig airson lusan is ainmhidhean. 鈥橲 e l脿rach aig Dualchas N脿dair na h-Alba 鈥� sin Scottish Natural Heritage no SNH. Tha an l脿rach aig . Carson nach toir sibh s霉il oirre?

Do you know the word muir? It means 鈥渟ea鈥�. A鈥� mhuir 鈥� the sea. Do you know the word 迟矛谤? It means 鈥渓and鈥�. An 迟矛谤 鈥� the land. Muir is 迟矛谤 鈥� the sea and the land. Both are important in the Gaidhealtachd.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Well, I have a question for you. What does the word 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 mean? 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑. It鈥檚 an ainmear 鈥� or noun. It is made up of the words muir and 迟矛谤. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑. That鈥檚 the Gaelic for amphibian. Something that lives in the sea and on land. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 鈥� amphibian.We use 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 also as a buadhair or adjective. 惭耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 鈥� amphibious.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 We say that seals are amphibious. Part of the time seals are at sea, fishing and swimming. Poart of the time seals are on land, resting. But we don鈥檛 use the noun 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑 for a seal. A seal is a mammal. A seal is not an amphibian.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 But what about a losgann or frog? Frogs don鈥檛 go to sea. Frogs don鈥檛 like salt. They live in freshwater, and on land near freshwater. Do you reckon we should call an amphibian 鈥涡颈蝉驳别-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑鈥�, rather than a 尘耻颈谤-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑?

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Well, I鈥檇 say that 鈥湷境芫卑�-迟丑矛谤别补肠丑鈥� is okay because that鈥檚 [simply] the word we have for amphibian. And the word amphib-an in English doesn鈥檛 tell [us] that the animal splits its life between water and land. Amphibian means 鈥溁迕�-产丑别补迟丑补肠丑鈥� or one with a double life. It comes from Ancient Greek. And some people call an amphibian 诲脿-产丑别补迟丑补肠丑 in Gaelic.