colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoThat’s actually how it works in Irish. The word for good is deas, while the word for bad is deas prefixed with the negating particle mí, so mídheas. (There are still separate words for tge cardinal directions).
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIs it? I tried checking in a dictionary but it didn’t list mídheas as a word and “deas” was defined as right/nice/honest, not just “good”
That’s actually how it works in Irish. The word for good is deas, while the word for bad is deas prefixed with the negating particle mí, so mídheas.
(There are still separate words for tge cardinal directions).
Is it? I tried checking in a dictionary but it didn’t list mídheas as a word and “deas” was defined as right/nice/honest, not just “good”