Irish Translation Forum

Just checking these words that a friend of mine uses frequently (in rpg writing) to make sure they 1) are words, and 2) using right meanings for them.

Abuna
Soreid
Sassanach

I can't seem to find them in any on-line dictionaries, which makes me pause.

She's using 'abuna' as something like let's go. Soreid for so long/goodbye. Sassanach for i'm not sure, outsider/foreigner (specifically for Englishman).

Please help, thanks!
Cindy

Well, the closest thing I can find is Abu (up). So if you split the word up, it could mean "up, than". As in, "It is more up than the other."

Sasanach means Englishman, so you probably just put one extra "s" in there. The other I couldnt find in the 5 dictionaries I tried. Sorry.

Sasanach is indeed Englishman and the other two...not Irish

Soraidh is a salutation:

Soraidh dóibh uile = goodbye to them all

Soraidh go hAlbain uaim = I bid a fond farewell to Scotland

Abú generally formed part of a tribal battle cry like Ó Domhnaill Abú - O'Donnell Forever!

not sure what the na is doing there - perhaps some attempt to pluralise the word?

Hmmm, I've sent her an email asking her where she came up with 'abuna'. Glad I asked though, because we'd feel really stupid using stuff that wasn't right or made up!

Thanks for all your help! This forum rules!

Cindy

I'm trying to remember where I've seen "abuna" before. Seems to me it was in a novel, and it was used to refer to a family member...I'm dead certain it wasn't Irish, or intended to be Irish. Could your friend be pulling up words from fictional resources?

Redwolf

She thought she originally saw it on Gaelic translation site. Now she's not sure.

She does have Irish ancestry and lived there for a time (Eire & England) and I think it's just an honest mistake on her part.

I thought maybe even it was Scottish Gaelic, but couldn't really find it on any of those sites either.

What WOULD be the right sort of thing to say for 'Let's go', as in leave somewhere?

Cindy

rachaimid - we'll go/let's go/we're off

pronounced rakha-midge