תרנגלא דחורשא
With the above, this would only follow naturally:
But perhaps it might be better to swap things around a bit. In the mushroom world, there is the "Chicken of the Woods" (Laetiporous sp.) "Hen of the Woods" (Grifola frondosa) and what some people call the "Rooster of the Woods" (Meripilus sp.).
Since Galilean Aramaic really has no individual word for "chicken" (only "rooster" and "hen," the latter generally used for generically referring to the species itself as a whole) perhaps it might be better to refer to "Chicken of the Woods" as תרנגולתא דחורשא, "Hen of the Woods" under its other common name "Sheep's Head" which would make it something like ראשא דאימרא (the Galilean spelling of ריש is ראש) and reserve תרנגלא דחורשא for "Rooster of the Woods."
Or maybe one could even make it even more descriptive, dropping דחורשא ("of the woods") entirely and use a compound with ערדא ("mushroom") instead...
And it is here that I find I may be over-thinking the issue. :-)
Anyways back to work with me... .
Peace,
-Steve
:D Nice one!
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ReplyDeleteאם כבר ממציאים מילים, אני חושבת שאקרא לזה
עופא דחורשא, או עופא דחורשיא
ואולי גם: פרחתא דחורשא, או פרחתא דחורשיא
Though maybe פרחתא is more of ‘a flying bird’ and is not necessarily what we might categorize as poultry, but then hens and roosters do make some use of their wings... :)
Sorry for butting in, but I completely accidently came across this blog and I find it quite amusing and fun.
Zohar