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can anyone help me to translate this

"Mum and Dad,

May your noble souls be at the right hand of God"

Thanks

Stephen

stcass wrote:can anyone help me to translate this

"Mum and Dad,

May your noble souls be at the right hand of God"

Thanks

Stephen

A mhamaí agus a dhaidí,

Ar dheis Dé go raibh bhur n-anam

Just a couple of little tweaks:

A Mhamaí agus a Dhaidí,

Ar dheis Dé go raibh bhur n-anam uasal[/i]

This raises a question, though. Normally I would use the singular here too, but for some reason it seems odd with the adjective (everyone has a soul, but presumably, not everyone has a noble soul). Would it be better to say "bhur n-anamacha uaisle" in this case?

Redwolf

Redwolf, are you a moderator turned hijacker!

It is obvious that the "one nose in Ireland"rule isnt universally observed..and I would guess that it too is sliding into oblivion.in a recent debate both sides produced tombstones/monuments etc with ár gcroí and ár gcroíthe etc.
But I think in this case where two distinct proper people are addressed..I would tend to go plural. Not to say that what you have is wrong....back under me rock...zzzz

Redwolf (pretending to be me) wrote:A Mhamaí agus a Dhaidí,

Ar dheis Dé go raibh bhur n-anam uasal[/i]

I missed the adjective, you’re right. I’m not sure if I’d capitalise the epithets, though—but I wouldn’t capitalise them in English, either. Yours keeps with the original punctuation.

This raises a question, though. Normally I would use the singular here too, but for some reason it seems odd with the adjective (everyone has a soul, but presumably, not everyone has a noble soul). Would it be better to say "bhur n-anamacha uaisle" in this case?

Good question. Logically, I like the plural better … but the singular still sounds more natural to my ear. I don’t think either one would be considered incorrect here, though.