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Irishstlouis
Member Username: Irishstlouis
Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 02:02 pm: |
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I need to know what the word for life is in Irish. I am doing a crosstitch pattern of the Celtic Tree of Life to display in my home and would love to add that to it. Thanks in Advance |
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Larry
Member Username: Larry
Post Number: 57 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 02:24 pm: |
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Crann na beartha = tree of life, but there are a number of Irish words which mean "life", e.g. saol, beo etc. Larry Ackerman
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1240 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 03:59 pm: |
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Crann na beatha (nó "r") |
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Pádraig
Member Username: Pádraig
Post Number: 139 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 06:17 pm: |
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Why not crann na mbeo? Not looking for an argument; it's just what I would have chosen. Would I be incorrect? What about dtír na mbeo? I would translate the latter as land of the living. Should the former be tree of the living, and how do you know which is intended? life vs living. |
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Larry
Member Username: Larry
Post Number: 58 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 05:11 am: |
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That's why I mentioned that there are a few words for "life". But "Tree of Life" is crann na beatha (without the 'r') as Aonghus pointed out, assuming that nó=no Larry Ackerman
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1242 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 05:12 am: |
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Crann na mbeo - Tree of the Living Crann na Beatha - Tree of Life I assumed the latter, from the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, was intended. |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 1243 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 09:01 am: |
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nó, no, oh no. Diabhail cliseadh méir. I see I haven't answered Pádraig's question, but at the moment the best I could do is "one just knows", which is hardly an answer. |
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