Judeo-Gaelic
Degháʿím nḥáphál
I.
Ha-dheghaʿ, fannišnalcú,
Ha-dheghaʿ, fannitzamóchú!
Ha-ʾadáʾ ním medhách niṭhšér.
Tal ním nḥáphál niphʿén gášér
Tzeníchín nóghín faghálí
ʾIs qúmháṭh tzáimí fayyeṭhallíʾ.
II.
Git ʿar śánégh, śán ʿar gitígh
Baghósámh déi ʾel rotígh
ʾAním medhách nethilʿál
ʾAphissach ním láʿíl nḥáphál
Nʿášíbh, hóghšáʾ,
Ním mafíšáʾ.
Cad namhím bešéḥí šún ḥálí
Tzúl ʿán ʾaním gcór ghašílí.
III.
Passónn mezíbhégh, ha-bhóléaḥ,
Qephaʿ thái ʿédhar śán nizléaḥ
Gabbízá šodhḥím tarríláʾ,
Mór neghateh has déi fíláʾ?
Mah neyagíth? Mah neqhamíš?
Basdeh ʾis tzaltzilláʾ ʿimíš;
Bhirratz ʾeṭhphán,
Hidúz michlán...
Pqhíahh paqíahh megáthúlí
Ṭú dim tal rán hí nišnelí.
Glossary
| Netagin | Gloss | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| degháʿímN | bird-an.sg.gen | poetic word for 'bird' |
| ḥáphál | call.inan.sg.nom | animal call/song |
| ha-L | top/voc | topic or vocative particle; also "ethical topicalization" |
| fannišnalcú | inv-(2,3)-banish-aff.foc | i.e. roughly 's/he evidently banished you' |
| fannitzamóchú | inv-(2,3)-persecute-aff.foc | |
| ʾadáʾ | 1pl | |
| (ʾa)ním | 2sg.gen | |
| medhách | voice.inan.sg.nom | |
| niṭhšér | rarefy.3sg | become less frequent |
| talN (+genitive) | from | |
| niphʿén | move_with_life.3sg | |
| gášér | world.inan.sg.nom | |
| tzeníchín | inf.become-LOC | |
| nóghín | less | |
| faghálí | hospitable | |
| ʾis | and (clausal) | |
| qúmháṭh | wind | |
| tzáimí | hostile, wrathful | |
| fayyeṭhallíʾ | inv.envelop-3sg | 'envelops it' |
Notes
- Lenition occurs after case suffixes only if there is a modifier-modified (possession, relative clause, or adjective) relationship between two nouns.
- Tense marking is not obligatory.
- No, Netagin uses prepositions.