azuko08 wrote:
Hello everyone!
I was looking to get a tattoo in honor of my grandmother from Cork. Her mantra was always "Strength in Family," which she roughly translated it to "Neart i teaghlaigh."
Because it is for a tattoo, I was wondering if her translation was indeed correct.
I have also seen this translated into "neart i dteaghlach", or with capitals: "Neart i dTeaghlach" If anyone could please help me out that would be great! Thank you.
The word
teaghlaigh is the plural form, so these two are (literally) correct for what you want:
neart i dteaghlachNeart i dTeaghlachHowever, when moving from one language to another, it is sometimes the case that the definite article ("the") would be used in one language where it would not be in the other. I think in this case it would sound better to say:
neart sa teaghlachNeart sa Teaghlachwhich would literally mean "strength in the family", but wait to see what others think.