Irish Translation Forum

I need help finding a good translation for another boat name...this boat was built in 1947 and has had the same name for many years...the name is Petite Jolie (little pretty) I'm looking for the same kind of feel in Gaelic...any suggestions???

Iontach alainn??

Very pretty or beautiful?

I'm coining a word here, so I don't know if this makes sense or not, but: alainnín could mean the same as Petite Jolie

mhwombat wrote:I'm coining a word here, so I don't know if this makes sense or not, but: alainnín could mean the same as Petite Jolie

I like it!! To coin a phrase myself!! Anyone else think that makes sense for a little pretty boat? Thanks mhwombat!

Riaghan wrote:Iontach alainn??

Very pretty or beautiful?

doesnt that mean "wonderful beuty"? or "wonderful beutiful"?

or am I just on ... i'm proly completly wrong.

Say it with me now...alainnín
I like it....alainnín
I think that is nice any other ideas?

navigator wrote:8) Say it with me now...alainnín
I like it....alainnín
I think that is nice any other ideas?

"Alainnín, Alainnín, Alainnín.........."

Séafra wrote:

Riaghan wrote:Iontach alainn??

Very pretty or beautiful?

doesnt that mean "wonderful beuty"? or "wonderful beutiful"?

or am I just on ... i'm proly completly wrong.

Iontach can be used to mean very, in a good sense (and uafásach can be 'very' in a bad sense')

e.g. Bhí sé iontach te - It was wonderfully warm
Bhí sé uafásach te - it was terribly warm

iontach álainn - wonderfully/very beautiful

yes, great name though. Alainnín, Alainnín... rolls off the tongue *beutifully*, lol.

Sílim go mbeidh sé maith go leor mar ainm.
Sorta like calling to a young girl, "A Álainnín!" - ? Hey Cutie! ?

-Maidhc.