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Gealach
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Username: Gealach
Post Number: 6
Registered: 06-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 08:09 am: |     |
Hello all,
I am trying to translate the phrase 'journey of desire'. 'Aistear' I think is what I want for 'journey' but I am mostly unsure about which word to use for 'desire'/'longing'. Mian, fonn...? What are the differences in meaning, register, connotation? This is desire in a general sense, not sexual.
GRMAbh
an teanga bhinn bhríomhar |
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Ormondo
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Username: Ormondo
Post Number: 719
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 02:40 pm: | |
Mian, fonn or dúil would seem to me to express a more immediate type of wish, mood or desire.
"Aistear tnútháin" might fit the bill.
Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin. |
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Gealach
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Username: Gealach
Post Number: 7
Registered: 06-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 04:31 pm: | |
I was wondering about that. Tnúthán is not too closely connected semantically with 'tnúth' though is it? Which Ó Dónaill gives as meaning 'envy' -- not what I want.
Thank you!
an teanga bhinn bhríomhar |
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Gealach
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Username: Gealach
Post Number: 8
Registered: 06-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 04:40 pm: | |
Hmm, just looked tnúthán up in Dineen, where it reads 'envy, desire, expectancy...act of hoping, envying, longing for' etc.
an teanga bhinn bhríomhar |
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Ormondo
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Username: Ormondo
Post Number: 720
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 02:59 pm: | |
Word meanings are, to a certain extent, moveable feasts.
Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin. |
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Seánw
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Username: Seánw
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 10:18 pm: | |
You may also try tola.
I ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin. |
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Gealach
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Username: Gealach
Post Number: 9
Registered: 06-2010
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 08:27 am: | |
Go raibh maith agat!
an teanga bhinn bhríomhar |
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Kellycollins
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Username: Kellycollins
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 10:39 am: | |
Hi Everyone,
I am looking to translate the phrase "never give up". I have seen several variations and would just like to know what you all think.
Thank you |
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Jeaicín
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Username: Jeaicín
Post Number: 109
Registered: 01-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 11:31 am: | |
ná géill choíche (??) |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 11473
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 08:39 am: | |
Not sure: that is not to yield rather than to persist.
I'd say "Coinnigh ort i gcónaí" (Keep on always) |
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