help with irish translation please

jimmid098

Hi. I am wantin to translate the phrase "only god can judge me" into irish please... can anyone help ??

jamesnp

Is é Dia amháin a thabharfaidh breithiúnas orm

-jp

An gal gréine

Is é Dia amháin ar féidir breithiúnas a thabhairt orm

conchubhar1

is é dia an t-aon duine in ann breithiúnas a tabhairt dom

Micilin Muc

I'm with Jamesnp on this one, short and sweet.

conchubhar1

will give and can/able are not the same

jamesnp

conchubhar1 wrote: »

will give and can/able are not the same

I based mine on the bible translation... I believe the phrase is based on Ecc 3:17. No point reinventing the wheel.

-jp

conchubhar1

fair eneough

''Ia33:22: Oír isé an Tighearna ar mbreith- eamh: isé an Tighearna tabharthach ar ndlighe: isé an Tighearna ar Rígh: cuimhdeochuidh sé sinn.''

now granted that is older irish - but is that the qoute?

jimmid098

thanks very much guys that was very helpful

bobk

Sorry to hijack, but could someone please translate 'Make Time' in Irish.

Thanks in advance

Bob

jamesnp

you should probably start a new topic... But what do you mean by 'make time', it's a bit ambiguous as it stands?

-Jp

bobk

As in to make time for oneself.

I just figured this thread header was appropriate.

Thanks

Dostoevsky

bobk wrote: »

Sorry to hijack, but could someone please translate 'Make Time' in Irish.

Thanks in advance

Bob

I think this could actually be a good thread for people to ask for simple corrections/translations. Or at least a new thread could be set up for this purpose.

My one is, is Tomás mac Seáin Ó Cónaill the correct Irish for Tomás son of Seán Ó Cónaill, or is it Tomás mac Sheáin Ó Cónaill?

An gal gréine

Tomás, mac Sheáin Uí Chonaill.
There's no fada on the 'o' of 'Chonaill' despite G.A.A. commentators insisting on it in speech.

conchubhar1

ó conaill the story teller? yes there is a fada in his name

i thought you meant no ''ó'' - fair eneough

bobk

and make time?

An gal gréine

Ó Conaill is the name
To put a fada on the 'o' between the 'C' and the 'n' would alter the pronunciation of the name.

Dostoevsky

An gal gréine wrote: »

Tomás, mac Sheáin Uí Chonaill.
There's no fada on the 'o' of 'Chonaill' despite G.A.A. commentators insisting on it in speech.

Ah! [FONT=&quot]So 'Tomás mac Seáin Ó Raghallaigh and others' should correctly be 'Tomás mac Sheáin Uí Raghallaigh and others', then?

If I'm not pushing it, why, gramatically, does the Seán become Sheáin (with a seimhiú as well as an 'i') and the Ó become Uí?


Míle buíochas


Similarly, 'Eimhír mac Con Uladh Mac Mathúna' should be 'Eimhír mac Con Uladh Mhic Mhathúna' (sp??) ?



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An gal gréine

That looks fine to me, Dostoesky. I never learned learned the formal grammar after school so explanations are best left to others here on boards who will put you right.


Sorry, bobk. "Am a chruthú" is used to say "to make time" but there are probably other ways of saying it.

ronnie4mytragus

Can anyone tell me what the Irish translation for the surname "crowe" is? I know there is one...i'm just not sure what it is...

jamesnp

ronnie4mytragus wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the Irish translation for the surname "crowe" is? I know there is one...i'm just not sure what it is...

Are you sure it's an Irish name? Most Crowes are English in origin.

That being said, according to some sites, there is the Mac Con Chradha or Mac con Rubha (McEnroe) which may sometimes be written Crowe... I'm not sure which one is correct - certain dodgy American sites will make stuff up.

-jp

ronnie4mytragus

jamesnp wrote: »

Are you sure it's an Irish name? Most Crowes are English in origin.

That being said, according to some sites, there is the Mac Con Chradha or Mac con Rubha (McEnroe) which may sometimes be written Crowe... I'm not sure which one is correct - certain dodgy American sites will make stuff up.

-jp

No I know it's not an Irish name but my dad said when he was in school they used an Irish word rather than Crowe....but it sounded pretty similar. I can't find anything online though so i'm beginning to wonder if they just made it up =S

jamesnp

ronnie4mytragus wrote: »

No I know it's not an Irish name but my dad said when he was in school they used an Irish word rather than Crowe....but it sounded pretty similar. I can't find anything online though so i'm beginning to wonder if they just made it up =S

I'd imagine it was just made up...

Based on the etymology I'm reading around the net; ie. that the English name means someone of crow like features, I would translate it as Mac an Phréacháin or Ó Préachán or something like that. If you wanted to transliterate it would be something like "Cró" or Mac an Chró or Ó Cró. Up to yourself... none are historic unless you can track some previous usage in your family.

-jp