Irish Translation Forum

Hello all!

I found the sentence "a stóirín mo chroí" while perusing the old posts in the forum and it's supposed to mean "little treasure of my heart". My questions are what follows: 1) Does it really translate into that? 2) If it does, is the spelling correct? 3) Would it be fitting if I were to tattoo it beneath the tattoo of a cat? Or is it more of an endearment between two human beings?


I'll be eternally grateful if anyone of you can help me.
Thanks.




Oh, and please do ignore the spelling mistakes if there are any, I'm from Sweden (i.e I'm lazy and wont use spelling check).

It's not so much ''little'' treasure of my heart as much as it is ''treasure of my heart''

Spelling looks good to me.

Actually, a stór is My treasure. A stóirín would be Little Treasure. the -ín ending usually means small/little. See ma', I is lernun sumfin!!

Deb wrote:It's not so much ''little'' treasure of my heart as much as it is ''treasure of my heart''

Spelling looks good to me.

Well, actually, "little" is accurate, because it uses the diminutive "a stóirín" rather than "a stór." So yes..."little treasure of my heart" or "dear treasure of my heart" would be accurate literal translations. Like most Irish endearments, "a stór" doesn't have to be taken literally, however...in a broader sense, it means "my dear," "my love," "my sweetie," etc.

I think it would be fine with the tattoo of a cat, if you're trying to say that the cat is your "loved one" or "treasure."

Spelling looks good.

Redwolf

Right ye are... diminutive slipped me mind!

Go with Red's and Jim's replies, inkyblot!

Deb wrote:Right ye are... diminutive slipped me mind!

Go with Red's and Jim's replies, inkyblot!

Ahh, go with Redwolf. Hers is longer than mine

JSmith13 wrote:

Deb wrote:Right ye are... diminutive slipped me mind!

Go with Red's and Jim's replies, inkyblot!

Ahh, go with Redwolf. Hers is longer than mine

We said the same thing, you silly fellow! I just used more words!

Redwolf

Redwolf wrote:

JSmith13 wrote:

Deb wrote:Right ye are... diminutive slipped me mind!

Go with Red's and Jim's replies, inkyblot!

Ahh, go with Redwolf. Hers is longer than mine

We said the same thing, you silly fellow! I just used more words!

Redwolf

I know. It's like Karen and I. It takes her three sentences to say what I get out in four words.

Thanks for the replies, it really means a lot.

Inkyblot pm'd me asking how to add a name to this phrase. I told her I'd answer here, so other eyes can go over it.

The cat's name was "Lenore." It doesn't appear to have an Irish form. Most names don't, unless they were either Irish to begin with, Biblical names or saints names. In general, names aren't "translated," but left as they are. Since "Lenore" was what you knew her as, I strongly suggest leaving it "Lenore" in the tattoo.

If you want to add her name to the phrase, how you do it kind of depends on how you want to say it. Do you want it to sound as though you're talking TO Lenore? If so, I'd say "A Lenore, A Stóirín Mo Chroí."

If you want it to read more like a label (i.e., "this is Lenore, the treasure of my heart"), I'd go with "Lenore: Stóirín Mo Chroí."

Anybody else?

Redwolf