"Bad" luck of the irish

WeWillBeReborn · 13-09-2009 5:29pm #1

have a translation for you 'cliste' people

you know the saying 'luck of the Irish', well how would you say 'bad luck of the Irish', or something similar, in irish?

Reginald P. DuM · 13-09-2009 5:31pm

I will take a stab at it.

Mi-adh na hEireannach

It's close anyways!!!

Zipp101 · 13-09-2009 5:33pm

Mi-adh na hEireannach

WeWillBeReborn · 13-09-2009 5:38pm

thanks guys, that's good enough for me i think

pog it · 13-09-2009 6:46pm

Mí-ádh na n-Éireannach (Bad luck of the Irish (pl.))
Mí-ádh an Éireannaigh (Bad luck of the Irish (sing.)

Múinteoir · 14-09-2009 11:21am

pog it wrote: »

Mí-ádh na n-Éireannach (Bad luck of the Irish (pl.))

You're correct, though you don't need the hyphen after the n if the word following it is a capital letter.

m.sh.

mí-ádh na n-éireannach BUT

Mí-Ádh na nÉireannach

The fleiscín is there in the lower case to stop any confusion about the nature of the word (that it doesn't actually start with n in the usual situation). But if the letter following the n- is a capital letter, that ambiguity disappears, so the hyphen is not needed.

It's the same with the t- before vowels.

An t-iasc BUT

An tIasc

pog it · 14-09-2009 4:22pm

Ah cool stuff Múinteoir, thanks so much for explaining the logic behind it too. I'll remember that now.

Múinteoir · 15-09-2009 4:52pm

pog it wrote: »

Ah cool stuff Múinteoir, thanks so much for explaining the logic behind it too. I'll remember that now.

Níl a bhuíochas ort.

See a reference to the same matter at the top of page 10 of this PDF guide for Irish translation, issued by An Gúm. This publication is an excellent guide for those with good Irish who want to perfect their grammar and written Irish.

"Bad" luck of the irish

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