Hi there,

I would like to get the word "adventurer" translated into Gaelic (Irish), but I have come across many tenses of the word and need help. I've found eachtraí, eachtránái, and eachtraíochta. Which form/meaning would be best for my tattoo? The meaning I'm looking for is someone who likes to explore or travel. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Sidenote: Whichever form I use will be written in Ogham. I've got that part figured out though

eachtraí or eachtránaí is okay,

eachtránái is more specific. It doesn't mean anything else but "adventurer".
eachtraí is often used for someone telling adventure stories.

So, I'd go for:
eachtránaí or eaċtránaí (in an Irish font) or eaċtránaiḋe in old spelling.

Are you sure about Ogham?
Ogham was used for a very different early version of Irish with different sounds and a different orthography. So it is quite nonsense for Modern Irish, I'd think.

BTW:
eachtraíochta means "of adventuring", "of adventure story-telling".

That’s super helpful. Thanks Labhrás! My reasoning for Ogham has to do with the aesthetic (minimalistic) and my interests in archaeology and anthropology. I realize the sounds/spellings are different now compared to old Irish, but I want to play into my interests.
I appreciate your help!

I can second Labhrás' response.



To do this, you kind of have to back-form the Old Irish form. There were a couple of people well-versed in Old Irish on the forum, though I don't know how active they are nowadays.

In my limited knowledge, ch, ph, and th were represented with h's in early Irish manuscripts, whereas sh and fh used a ponc, i.e., ṡ, ḟ, and all other lenition was ignored.

How lenition and long vowels were handled in ogham, I don't know.

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I don't know if lenition already had occured. At least it was not written, as well as long vowels.
In Early Irish, eachtránaí would probably have been something like: "ekst(e)ranideh", which sounds Greek to me

Actually, I found an Old Irish version at eDIL with no síneadh to worry about:

echtraid "an adventurer, wanderer"

http://www.dil.ie/19566

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).