ach álainn- is this correct Irish?

brenn

My family want to put the phrase "ach álainn" on a gravestone. However, I'm kind of skeptical (despite my limited Irish) on if its correct? They got it from google translate, which I don't trust, and I can't seem to see the phrase anywhere online.



I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me if its right or not?

Insect Overlord

It doesn't look right to me at all. What meaning are they looking for?

brenn

Insect Overlord wrote: »

It doesn't look right to me at all. What meaning are they looking for?

Beautiful ,or only beautiful. When I said that I thought it was go halainn, someone said that they had seen ach alainn on another gravestone before, but her Irish is even worse than mine.

uch

Never came across it, only thing I can think of that they might be confusing it with is Áit Áiainn which would be Beauty Spot or a Beautiful Spot/place

iamwhoiam

Strikingly( or very ) beautiful is " an-álainn "

randomname2005

Probably a literal translation from Google as I can't imagine it would have as much input into translation as other languages? Ach meaning just or but, and alainn being beautiful, but not really making sense when used?

mcmoustache

brenn wrote: »

My family want to put the phrase "ach álainn" on a gravestone. However, I'm kind of skeptical (despite my limited Irish) on if its correct? They got it from google translate, which I don't trust, and I can't seem to see the phrase anywhere online.



I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me if its right or not?

Never seen that before. "Just beautiful" would be "Díreach go h-álainn". "Only beautiful" is a bit trickier. It's hard to translate partial sentences.

Maybe "Go h-álainn amháin" or "í go hálainn amháin"?

mcmoustache

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Strikingly( or very ) beautiful is " an-aláinn "

or "fíor álainn".

Day Lewin

"Go fíor álainn" = really beautiful

PS make sure the fada is on the first "a" : say, AWL-ing