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irish translation question

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  • #32
    Gleanndún
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭Gleanndún


    i think grá mo chroí would be best. its not 2 long. where are you getting it? (big spacing and size implications) also, when u finally decide, lemme kno and i can write it out all pretty-like for you. im a calligrapher^_^ slán


  • #33
    MrsMoustache
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭MrsMoustache


    hey all! i nedd a little help.... how do you say "seán's whiskey" in irish?


  • #34
    dranoel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭dranoel


    MrsMoustache wrote: »
    hey all! i nedd a little help.... how do you say "seán's whiskey" in irish?

    I reckon it's
    Fuisce Seáin


  • #35
    Gael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    dranoel wrote: »
    I reckon it's
    Fuisce Seáin

    Fuisce Sheáin


  • #36
    tdavfc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭tdavfc


    Hi,

    Could somebody translate "Eachtra" for me... Was told it means Journeys End...

    Thanks


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  • #37
    dranoel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭dranoel


    tdavfc wrote: »
    Hi,

    Could somebody translate "Eachtra" for me... Was told it means Journeys End...

    Thanks

    "Eachtra" is an adventurous type of journey but dosen't include end. You'd need to say something like:

    Deireadh Eachtra
    Journey's End
    (wait for any corrections)


  • #38
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,021 ✭✭✭uch


    victoria wrote: »
    stor is shorter, but just reminds me of the english "store" which doesn't sound so pretty :-)


    What about "Stórín" which would mean little love as if you were using it with affection to a child

    21/25



  • #39
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Heh!

    OP, are you using someone's name with this? As in "Elektra ghrá mo chroí" ("Electra, love of my heart"), or "Astarte, chúisle mo chroí" ("Astarte, pulse of my heart"), or "Athene, mo mhúirnín" ("Athene, my darling"), or "Iphegenia, stór mo chroí" ("Iphegenia, treasure of my heart")?

    Or are you addressing the viewer, in which case it would be "A ghrá mo chroí" ("O love of my heart"), and so on.

    By the way, if you're using the sean-chló - the old-fashioned Irish typeface - you'll generally use a dot over a word instead of an "h" where it's lenited (as in "a ghrá" - the "ghrá" would be spelled "grá" with a dot over the "g").


  • #40
    dranoel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭dranoel


    I wouldn't expect a reply too soon from the OP - check out the posting dates!


  • #41
    Tá Mé Gaeilge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭Tá Mé Gaeilge


    dranoel wrote: »
    I wouldn't expect a reply too soon from the OP - check out the posting dates!


    haha i don't think that tattoo is changing at this stage


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