A chairde,

I'm back with another translation request. Little Angels Den the name of a nursery. I was wondering how this would translate. My attempt would be Aingil Beag Nead. I'm pretty sure that is not correct but the best I can come up with.

Go raibh maith agaibh,
Seán

I like Nead na n-aingeal beag. I think that's right with the genitive plural adjective.

You've got the grammar correct for a common noun, but for a proper noun, it would need to be capitalised:

Nead na nAingeal Beag literally "Nest of Little Angels"

Incidentally, the original English is incorrectly punctuated. Do you mean:

Little Angel's Den, i.e., for one angel?

or

Little Angels' Den, i.e., for more than one angel?

Also, nead is "nest, bed, lair", although it's usage is wider than the English.

For "den" as in "an animal's lair", you also have:

pluais "underground hollow, cave, den"
uachais "burrow, lair, den"
brocais "den; dirty, smelly, place"

For "den" as in "a little room, a study":

seoimrín (oibre) "little room, study, den"

The following has both meanings:

prochóg "hole, den, cave; hollow; hovel"

E.g., Prochóg an Aingil Bhig "Hidey-hole of the Little Angel".

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

What about Nead na nAingilíní ?
(aingilín 'little angel' is in de Bháldraithe's dictionary)

I believe the plural suffix '-í' is dropped in the genitive plural in Ulster Irish, so that would be Nead na nAingilín.

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(SL)(GM)

Nice suggestion.

Nead na nAingilíní "Nest of the Little Angels"

Nead an Aingilín "Nest of the Little Angel"

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I'm not sure I'd want to send my kids to a "hovel", though....

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Actually, I think the word "den" in English has a similar feeling - dank and dark - though probably less so in America. And then there is "den of thieves", etc., although there is "scout den" as well I suppose.

"Nead" does have a nice warm feel about it, like "nest".

Somewhere along the line I forgot about the "nursery" bit in the original request, and was imagining older children. When I think of the mess my kids' room gets in, prochóg doesn't seem inappropriate at all.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Yeah...here we're more likely to use "den" to imply a cozy place, or a place to retreat to. Sometimes it's synonymous with "study" here as well.

Redwolf