Irish Translation Forum

fiairefeadha wrote:Glas can also mean Immature, Unripe or incomplete. Glasmhíol Leveret
Glasbhairneach, Glasoileán, glasbhoicín

That's good to know. I'd wondered about that, actually, as "green" is often used in English to mean "inexperienced."

If I wanted to say in Irish that I have a "green horse" (meaning one that's partially trained, not one that's actually colored green), could I use "glas" in some way, or would that be assumed to mean that the horse was grey? Or could I use a compound, such as "glasoilte"?

I'm always curious about this sort of thing.

Redwolf

My feeling is that the concept goes back to unripe green fruit or green grain.

Hello! Bringing this topic from the land of the dead!

I was going through the posts and realized I never asked about how to pronounce the meaning(s) of my real name AND the Ulster equivalent you guys gave me, so I wish to know if you can help me with these:

Altóir álainn (beautiful altar)
Altóir chogaidh (altar of war)
Nábla

BTW, if you can offer some more input on the name Arabella, it would be very appreciated . Thanks!

psellia