Some typos there. It should be:

Go raibh do chorp ina fheis (or mar fheis) ag mic tíre (or do mhic tire)


1 - 'wolf/wolves': It's usually two words in modern Irish - 'mac tire/mic tíre', but I see that De Bhaldraithe's dicco has 'mactire/mictíre'. There's also 'faolchú/faolchúnna, and 'faol/faolta' -the dative form of which you seem to have there. 'Faol' is "literary" according to the dictionary, and the dative is mostly obsolescent in modern Irish, so I wouldn't use 'faolaibh' with the 'go raibh' version.


2 'feis': Not sure 'feis' is the right word in modern Irish, Perhaps 'féasta' instead. Haven't time now to explain why. Will try tomorrow night.

I've found "faol" most useful for getting my nickname on my license plate here in fada-less land!

Redwolf (aka "Faol Rua")

Errigal, can you (or someone) please explain the difference between these two, and give me the word-for-word translation back to English for both of them?

Go raibh do chorp ina fheis ag mic tíre.

and

Go raibh do chorp mar fheis do mhic tire.

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They mean very much the same thing.

May your body be in its feast to wolves.

May your body be as a feast for wolves.

Keep in mind that no direct translation will sound perfect in English, and either of these are perfectly acceptable in Irish.

What I would advise you to pay attention to is the typo in the second example you were given, both should be mic tíre, with the fada.

just to clarify

do mhic tíre
ag mic tíre

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Got it: Go raibh do chorp mar fheis do mhic tíre.

Thanks!!!

And going back to the beginning of this, can someone please give me the pronunciation of bhitse? It's not on Forvo.

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VIT-sheh

Redwolf

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Just to clarify that a bit further, the literal translation of the first one can be misleading to an English speaker. The "X is in its Y" structure is very common, but the "true" meaning is "X is a Y". For example, there are several ways to say in Irish "I am a teacher", but a common one, using this same structure, would translate literally into English as "I am in my teacher".

So, the phrase "... be in its feast to (or "for") wolves" would really mean "... be a feast for/to wolves".

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My mistake, I should probably have been clearer about these things.

For what it's worth, I very much like the "X is in its Y" construction. The first time I heard it used was by the late Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé. I remember thinking what a naturally Irish expression it seemed, "A Mham, níor mhaith liom bheith i mo Mhúinteoir."