Tha Riaghaltas na h-Alba air innse do Chomataidh Riaghaltais Ionadail, Taigheadais agus Dealbhaidh na Pàrlamaid gum bi e a’ cur dhreachd-laghan fa chomhair Pàrlamaid na h-Alba a bheir air ùghdarrasan ionadail siostam-ceadachaidh a thoirt a-steach airson àiteachan-fuirich air mhàl san ùine ghoirid (Air BnB agus a leithid).
Tha do bheachdan cudromach
Tha a’ Chomataidh ag iarraidh na beachdan agad a chluinntinn mun sgeama ceadachaidh a thathar a’ moladh gus àiteachan-fuirich air mhàl san ùine ghoirid a riaghaladh. Bu mhath leis a’ Chomataidh cluinntinn gu sònraichte mu cheistean a dh’fhaodadh a bhith ort mu na molaidhean agus beachdan fhaighinn air mar a ghabhadh iad seo fuasgladh.
Mar a chuireas tu do bheachdan a-steach
Cuir a-steach na beachdan agad tron t-suirbhidh sa cheangal gu h-ìosal.
Tha sinn a’ cur fàilte air beachdan sgrìobhte ann an Gàidhlig.
Bu mhath leinn cluinntinn bhuat air 29 Dàmhair 2021 air a’ char as fhaide.
Each week we publish the text of our Gaelic Word of the Week podcast here with added facts, figures and photos for Gaelic learners who want to learn a little about the language and about the Scottish Parliament – Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. This week our word istogalach – building.
Architecture has been in the news a lot this week due to the announcement of the 2021 winners of the national architecture awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
For this reason, we’ve chosen building – togalach – as this week’s Gaelic Word of the Week.
The word togalach comes from the verb “tog” to build or to lift. Here at the Scottish Parliament – Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, we are very proud of our togalach.
Our building – togalach – at Holyrood – Taigh an Ròid – opened in 2004.
The Scottish Parliament building – togalach Pàrlamaid na h-Alba – sits at the foot of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile in front of Holyrood Park and the Salisbury Crags. Constructed from a mixture of steel, oak, and granite, the complex building was hailed for its innovative design on opening..
Drawing inspiration from the surrounding landscape, the flower paintings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the upturned boats – bàtaichean– on Scottish seashores, Enric Miralles, one of the world’s premier architects – ailtirean –developed a design that he said was a building “growing out of the land”.
When the Parliament building – togalach na Pàrlamaid – officially opened in October 2004, a poem was written for the occasion by the then Scottish makar the late Edwin Morgan. The poem Open the Doors looks at the duties of and aspirations for the Parliament in the context of the unique new building – togalach.
It starts with:
Open the doors! Light of the day, shine in; light of the mind, shine out! We have a building which is more than a building.
A Gaelic translation of the poem was commissioned from the acclaimed Skye-based poet Rody Gorman for the occasion of the first Scottish Parliament Gaelic language plan in 2008.
It starts with :
Fosglaibh na dorsan! A sholais an là, soillsich a-steach; A sholais na h-aigne, soillsich a-mach! Tha togalach againn sa bheil barrachd agus togalach fhèin.
Here is the full Gaelic text:
Fosglaibh na Dorsan Fosglaibh na dorsan! A sholais an là, soillsich a-steach; A sholais na h-aigne, soillsich a-mach! Tha togalach againn sa bheil barrachd agus togalach fhèin. Tha malairt eadar an taobh a-staigh ‘s an taobh a-muigh, Eadar soilleireachadh agus sgàil, Eadar an saoghal ‘s an fheadhainn a smaoinicheas mun t-saoghal. Nach e rùn-dìomhair a th’ ann? Bidh gach rud a’ tighinn ri chèile Mar a bhios na bileagan air an t-sìthean Ach cuideachd bidh iad a’ sgaoileadh nan teang’ ac’ air aghaidh Gus beantainn ris is blaiseadh air an fhonn a’ taomadh. An robh sibh ‘g iarraidh taigh-comhairle No taigh-dubh-no-geal air ùrachadh mas fhìor? Taigh-mòr an uachdarain? Cùil is ceàrn air an cuairteachadh? Cha robh ‘n seo, cha robh na! Cha robh ìomhaigh no IKEA no beinn-eighe Ach cuarsgagan is cuasan, cruinneachadh is camadh, Còmhlachadh is càrnadh, contrarradh is clisgeadh. Cumaibh a-mach o chunbhalachd Ach cuiribh còmhla leacan is cruaidh gun smal, Eibhear dubh ‘s eibhear glas, Darach agus craobh-gheal abaich, Cruadhtan a tha cho bàn ‘s cho mìn ris an t-sìoda – Cha mhòr nach eil am measgachadh na bheò – tha e ri anail ‘s a’ smèideadh. Chan e marmor na mòrachd is nam morairean a th’ ann idir ann!
Thigibh sìos am Mìle, a-steach ann an cridh’ a’ bhaile, seachad air an eaglais Aig MacIllìosa ‘s na clobhsachan ‘s na lònaidean-cùil Far an robh na taibhsean a bh’ ainmeil rin linn, A dh’òl am fìon dearg is a thuit ri ceumannan nan àros A-steach ann an gàirdeanan nam biùganach ach a sgrìobh ‘S a bhruidhinn mu Shoillseachadh soilleir an latha – ‘S romhpa na bàird aost’ a mheall cluas Rìgh na h-Alba Le ceòl ‘s le drabastachd is le comhairle fhosgailte – ‘S nuair a tha sibh ann, shìos an sin, an lùib nithean, Chan ann air ur socrachadh air tulach le sròn san adhar agaibh, Bidh fios agaibh gur h-e seo ‘n t-àite sam bu chòir don mhòd Agaibh fhèin a bhith agus seo far a bheil e, ‘n seo dìreach.
Dè tha na daoine ‘g iarraidh bhon àite? Tha iad ag iarraidh gum bi e Ga lìonadh le daoine ri beachdachadh a tha cho fosgarra ‘S cho adhartach ris an ailtireachd na chois. Nead a dhaoine fon eagal, chan e sin a tha iad ag iarraidh. Coinneamh mhòr luchd-dàlach, chan e sin a tha iad ag iarraidh. Feachd luchd-sodail, chan e sin a tha iad ag iarraidh.
Agus theagamh seach càil sam bith, chan e na briathran fada sin, ‘Cha b’ e mo choire-sa bh’ ann’ a tha iad ag iarraidh. A chàirdean a nì na laghan, a luchd a’ mhòid, ‘s ann a tha sibh A’ leantainn làraich de mhòrtas is de mhoit a chaidh a bhriseadh Cha mhòr, ach nach deach, seadh, nach deach idir, Nach deach a bhriseadh no a chur air dhearmad a-riamh. Nuair a thig sibh còmhla, bidh sibh a’ gairm às ùr, le mothachadh Nach làn air a’ chumhachd, nach làn fhathast air a’ chumhachd làn, Ach mothachadh math air na bh’ ann an urram ur glacaidh uair a bh’ ann.
Ceart gu leòr. Cuiribh far ur cuimhne, no na cuiribh, an t-àm a dh’fhalbh. Tha dùdaichean is fallaingean glan ach anns an àm a tha ‘n làthair Is anns an àm a th’ air thoiseach bidh barrachd a dhìth oirbh. Dè th’ ann? Chan fhaod sinne, na daoine, Cur an cèill dhuibh fhathast ach bidh fios agaibh Nuair a chuireas. Thug sinn dhuibh cead a bhith gar riaghladh, Na cuiribh nur sporan e ‘s toirt air falbh. Thug sinn dhuibh a’ mhiann a bu dhùrachdaich’ againn riaghladh gu math, Na canaibh nach eil ùghdarras againn a bhith cho danarra. Thug sinn an togalach mòr seo dhuibh, Na leigibh le ur cuid obrach is dòchais a bhith càil ach mòr Nuair a thèid sibh na bhroinn ‘s a nì sibh toiseach-tòiseachaidh. Tòisichibh ma-thà. Fosglaibh na dorsan is tòisichibh
As well as being part of the word “togalach”, the verb tog is a very useful word in Gaelic and features in many useful phrases and idioms.
“Tog dealbh” means to take a photograph – literally lift a photograph.
Each week we publish the text of our Gaelic Word of the Week podcast here with added facts, figures and photos for Gaelic learners who want to learn a little about the language and about the Scottish Parliament – Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. This week our word ismapaichean – maps.
Every school– sgoil – in Scotland – Alba has recently received a copy of our new Scottish Parliament 2021 election map.
For this reason, this week’s Word of the Week is mapaichean – maps.
Our map – mapa – shows the makeup of the new session of the Parliament, showing all the MSPs, which constituency or region they represent and which party, if any, they belong to.
The map – mapa – is available in both English – Beurla – and Gaelic – Gàidhligon our website.
Amongst other things, the mapa features the names of every parliamentary constituency and region.
We often use Gaelic placenames here at Pàrlamaid na h-Alba not only for the map but also because the Parliament works with communities throughout Scotland – Alba and we use the Gaelic for these areas for our Gaelic publications, social media and more.
But how do we know the Gaelic placenames?
Good question!
All Gaelic speakers know the Gaelic names for the main towns, cities and islands in Scotland – Alba – and probably many more in their local area too. However, when we’re talking about a small area which isn’t often discussed or perhaps about an area which hasn’t been a Gaelic speaking community for a long time, it can be difficult to know what the correct Gaelic form is – even when it is clear that it is a name which originated in Gaelic!
So, when we are looking for a Gaelic name to put mapaichean or in a publication, we turn to a group called Ainmean-àite na h-Alba – Gaelic Placenames of Scotland – the national expert group on Gaelic placenames. These are the people who conduct academic research on the correct forms of Gaelic placenames for such things as railway station signs, road signs and indeed maps – mapaichean so the chances are that you’ll have seen some of their work!
It was also Ainmean-àite na h-Alba who researched the Gaelic versions of the Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions for us.
Placenames sometimes even appear in the titles of legislation such as the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Act 2019 – or in Gaelic Achd Coimisean Drèanaidh Pholl Aifrinn (Alba) 2019; and the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2004 – Achd Rathad-iarainn Shruighlea, Almhagh is Cheann Chàrdainn agus Leasachadh Ceangailte 2004.
If you want to look up some Gaelic placenames for yourself, check out the Ainmean-àite na h-Alba website and database of placenames.
This week’s Gaelic Word of the Week is mapa.
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