Irish Translation Forum

Greetings Folks,

What's the command form of the verb 'to wait'?

For instance, if I wanted to say, "Wait! Just wait!"

Or is there a colloquialism for that?

Go raibh maith agat,
Ceallaigh

Well there's this old thread that might get you what you need (if I read your needs correctly)

http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/tr ... c3889.html

csmaccath wrote:Greetings Folks,

What's the command form of the verb 'to wait'?

For instance, if I wanted to say, "Wait! Just wait!"

Or is there a colloquialism for that?

Go raibh maith agat,
Ceallaigh

To one person: Fan

To multiple people: Fanaigí

If you mean for someone to remain with you, you might say "fan/fanaigí liom." You'll also hear "fan/fanaigí bomaite," at least up north, to say "wait a minute/hold on there."

If by "wait" you actually mean "stop...don't do that!" I'd say "stad/stadaigí" -- "halt/stop."

Redwolf

Greetings,

Many thanks to you both. I know the verb in Scottish but not in Irish ('fuirich').

I was looking for fanaigí bomaite, the plural form, but for my purposes stadaigí also works.

Best,
Ceallaigh

Fan go fóill / Fan tamall = Wait a while

Fan go fóillín = Wait a little while

Fan nóiméad / nóimeat = Wait a minute


Edit: Spelling corrected.

Antóin wrote:Fan go fóill / Fan tamall = Wait a while

Fan go fóillín = Wait a little while

Fan nóiméad / nóimeat = Wait a minute

There's neomat and bomaite too.

Fuirigh is in the dictionary but I've never heard it used.

I am needing the translation for a command, "just wait", like a warning.