Glukhar

Fri Oct 11 14:25:15 UTC 2013

I just assumed it had something to do with deafness and that the bird was so named  due to the fact that it had a deafening cry. I've no idea what a glukhar'/ capercaille sounds like. 
AM

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:06:42 +0000
From: thysentinel at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Glukhar
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU

The only allusion I can come up with for "glukhar" is "unsolvable crime" in detective slang (akin to "cold case").  It stems from "glukho" (loosely meaning "bleak," "deadbeat," etc.).

Vadim
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:06:01 +0100
From: anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Modern-day bards?
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Fascinating Robert.  I have never been a frequent user of either the word glukhar' or capercaille, but I made the association between 'caillie' and 'cailleach' (Irish Gaelic for witch) and not 'coille' (forest) and presumed that both the Russian and anglicised Gaelic words must have referred to a horrible sound the bird possibly makes.  I would never have associated caper with 'capall' (modern Irish Gaelic for horse), though.  
Does the word glukhar' have any positive or negative associations in Russian?  To me as a non-native speaker, it seems negative, but a music venue has chosen it as its name ...
AM

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