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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 03:05 pm: |   
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I've been looking for a translation of the word "respect" into Irish Gaelic for quite some time now. I've gotten meas, ómós, urraim, and gradh. Can any of you tell me the difference between all of these and how they would most appropriately be used.
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Abigail
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Username: Abigail
Post Number: 200
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 03:25 pm: |
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Are you looking for "respect" as a verb or a noun?
Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 12:16 am: |
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I'm looking for it as a noun. Basically meaning the respect I expect from other people and the respect that I give to others. |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 1435
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 03:32 am: |
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"meas" is the most common translation of the English word "respect".
I respect him = Tá meas agam air
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I thought that meas meaned something closer to "fondness" instead of respect. |
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Suaimhneas
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Username: Suaimhneas
Post Number: 240
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 12:04 pm: |
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The term meas is certainly used in Hiberno-English to indicate regard or esteem. Example "If he had to pay for it, he'd have more meas on it" |
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 803
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 12:06 pm: |
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Not always..
Meas mór = Respect Big.. Something a Gaeilgeoir might write when finishing a letter to a friend.
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Tá meas an domhain agam ar an Uachtarán = I have the respect of the world for the president.
In this case it is not so much fond as respect.. All of the words you have included above could be used..
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