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 Post subject: "Spiorad an nádúr"
PostPosted: Fri 03 Jul 2015 3:27 pm 
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This is my easy attempt at translating "nature spirit". Not quite it, although it could be. The spirit of nature.

How would that be then: nature spirt / nature spirits?

Or is there another word, coming from a more Irish mythological context that might be better?

Thanks for any help.


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 Post subject: Re: "Spiorad an nádúr"
PostPosted: Sat 04 Jul 2015 6:40 pm 
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I'm not sure what you're trying to say in English, to be honest.

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 Post subject: Re: "Spiorad an nádúr"
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015 12:19 am 
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er … I'm not sure if I understand what you mean by "The spirit of nature".

Are you asking about fairies?

sióg – fairy
na sióga – the fairies

Or you can also say:
síofra – fairy
na síofraí – the fairies

There is also:
púca (singular) púcaí (plural) – a kind of supernatural spirit (sometimes synonymous with fairies)

A more polite way to refer to them would be:
na daoine maithe – the good people

I hope this helps … :dhera:


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 Post subject: Re: "Spiorad an nádúr"
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015 11:10 am 
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spiorad an nádúir = the ghost of nature

nádúir genitive of nádúr.

But that's a rather philosophic term not much connected with "nature ghosts", b'fhéidir: taibhsí an nádúir? But whereelse than in nature?


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 Post subject: Re: "Spiorad an nádúr"
PostPosted: Sun 05 Jul 2015 4:26 pm 
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A dúil is "a natural being or element"

Na Dúile "The Elements, Nature"
An Dúlra "The Elements, Nature"

And then you have biotáille, which are also "natural" spirits, e.g. uisce bheatha, etc. :winkgrin:

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