I would like to translate the following phrase:

"Many hundred welcomes to the Lodge."

Can someone please help me out? I do not know if there is a direct translation for the work "lodge."

Thank you, Molly

No, Molly, I don't think there is an Irish word for 'Lodge.' I'm assuming you refer to the Native American term that doesn't mean just the structure of the dwelling, but the family home and the hearth. You could use the corny 'Céad míle fáilte' (a hundred thousand welcomes) that has been done to death, but you might like to consider the simpler and, to my mind, more sincere, 'Fáilte romhat.' It means simply 'There is a welcome before (awaiting) you.'

Which reminds me! There is a horrible thing going around. It has been for years. 'May the road rise to meet you!' Almost everybody knows that, and the following lines of the 'Old Irish' blessing. 'Go n-éirigh an bóthar leat' means when translated literally into English, 'May the road rise to meet you.' To me, that envisions a benevolent road that somehow energises itself to cushion me as I stumble in a pothole after several pints of G or whatever, and stops me getting too badly bruised. What it really means is 'May your future be good to you', or 'May your endeavours be successful.'

Just an example of the dangers of litteral translations. Sorry for going on ad infinitum.

Yeah, but isn't that what the road rising means? If the road rises to meet you the way forward is going to be easy - ergo, your future/endeavour goes well.

For some reason literal translations of Irish make perfect sense to me. Maybe it's in the blood (spooky!)

Another point to ponder is that sayings, blessings and aphorisms are invariably memorable because they're pithy, and put together in a slightly off-beat way. Presumably someone invented that road rise to meet you line, once upon a time - probably a professional poet! So you'd expect clever evocative word choices.

Stumbles in a pothole, watches helplessly as the road rises up to meet my face and breaks bottle of G...

*Clears her throat gently and wriggles up from her
chair* Might anyone know a correct or "near" way
to say "Silence is the friend of death" in
Gaeilge? I fear I've had a wrong translation all
along as I am not well-versed in creating sentence
structure yet. *Grin*

Anything would be appreciated.

-Cerri "So very, very... ah..." *G*

Something like "Is cara bás an ciúineas"
'is friend (to) death the silence'

Fáilte ar ais Cerridwen.

Go raibh maith agat, Acc. I really appreciate it.

Is "Céad mhór fáilte go lóiste" too literal?

Is "Céad mhór fáilte go lóiste" too literal?

why there are so many gaelic words deriving from Latin?

All languages have "loan words" that are borrowed from other languages, and Gaelic is no exception. Most European languages are ultimately derived from a common Indo-European language. One exception is Finnish.

Focal an Lae has some nice info on the subject.....http://lincolnu.edu/~focal/ieroots.htm hope I got that address right folks ...*s* I'm fascinated with words ...

*the hamster whispers in Rogue's ear....*....Ahh, Shea. My little partner in crime says he always knew there was something fishy with Finnish. Look, ya take away their inn and what have ya got....Fish! And they haven't even got gills. Hmm...we might be on to something here...*tells the hampster to find out the going rate for stolen gills in Finland...*

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can someone tell me what "suil a ruin" means? because i have no to find out myself.

I believe 'siuil a ruin' to mean 'go love'('a ruin' means 'Oh love!'..and is the vocative form)...."Siuil, siuil,siuil,a ruin...Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin....Siuil go doras agus ealaigh liom...Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan"..Translation : "Go, go, go, (oh)love...Go smoothly and quietly...Go to the door and escape with me..And may you go safe, my darling."...the translation is not exact..but it is hard to say "this word means this..and that word means that" when it comes to translating...I took this translation from the version of the song which was done by Connie Dover..it is a beautiful song in my opinion..

Siúl - literaly 'walk', but here meaning 'go'
a - my
rún - literally 'secret', but here meaning 'love'

Tá an cheart ag Monadh.

Thanks Accasbel *S*

thank you Accasbel and Monadh. it's one of my favorite Irish songs and it bother me that i didn't understand the words.

can someone tell me the meaning of this(it's not spelled correctly) "funamena tera mena onamana herlo". i heard it in a song i own. like i said i didn't spell it right, but i don't speak gaeilge so don't kill me out of frustration.

It doesn't sound like Irish. Could it be Latin? Who sings the song?

I think it can't be latin at all

I think it can't be latin at all

ok, it's me again(you know the one that asked about the song). it's found on Michael Flatley's "Feet of Flames" soundtrack. it's the first song intitled "High Priests". does that help?

The Gypsy/Wench

please, try to find the meaning of the song. it's really bothering me that i don't understand it. i have this feeling that i should,too.

that feeling could it be because i'm part Irish?

isn't michael flatley from chicago, i don't mean sacrilege but maybe he's scatting

Urgh...it can be latin. Especially the onamana...and considering the son is "High Priests" Don't they chant in, um, what is it? Yeah! Latin!

And yes, Flatley is from Chicago. *s*

flaatley is a 'woolly woof' ..

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm .. *knows a few Chicargoans and wonders how flatley sprung from there* LMAO

"Wooly Woof"?! Wooly Woof?!?!?!?! *dissolves into laughter* That's one I've not heard, but I doubt I'll soon forget it!

*g* *agrees w/ the Chicagoans line*

what was the "urla"? And what does "ochone" mean?

you know urla, toora urla urla,

Just out of curiousity Gypsy..have you tried searching with one of the major search engines?It's amazing to say the least what you might dig up on this song... I mean, if you just put in the words 'Micheal Flatley' I am sure it'll come up with a bunch of info, if you take it a step further, and actually look up the album , and once you do that, the song, (say for instance in an online media guide) then I'm almost positive that something has got to show up..it's not exactly an unheard of album I dare say. Good luck! *s*

no i haven't. every time i try to use a major search engine i end up going in circles. i will try that though. thanks.

I am looking for a one line inscription for a memorial headstone for my mother's grave, as she liked to speak the cupla focail. I thought of Codail Samh, but there are probably nicer ones. Any suggesstions gratefully accepted.

a Monadh agus a Accasbel--
Thanks for words and translation of "Siuil a Ruin." I have been struggling with this song for two decades or more. I finally took a class in Gaelig to try for a verifiable translation. That got me as far as being able to decipher the spelling and search the internet intelligently.
Go raibh maith agat.
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