Hi

I'm looking for someone to help me translate a tattoo phrase into Irish Gaelic.

"My blood, my daughter, my darling"

I hope someone out there can help this Norwegian .

Morten

Literally, it'd be m'fhuil, m'iníon, mo stór, though I feel the vocative case would be better in this situation. Also, I can't really seem to find a word equivalent to the usage of "blood" in that phrase. Maybe pór, which FGB shows being used to say "He has Spanish blood".

So, using pór, I'd say a phór, a iníon, a stór

Please, wait for others, though.

A phór? (It's lenited but not made genitive due to it being a term of endearment I believe). We usually recommend "mo chuid fola" but pór could work too.

Fixed it. And I believe you're right about the lack of slenderization, because stór definitely doesn't have it. And I was unaware of mo chuid fola, but I can definitely see it and will remember it.

I wouldn’t use vocative in a tattoo.
Why address someone?

A iníon ...
I'd expect the daughter's answer after reading, like:
Sea, a dhaidí?

It seemed more natural to me (in English) as an address, at least taken in context. I can easily imagine someone saying this to their daughter, say at bedtime, and that's why I went with the vocative.

Miemin,

What they need to know is whether the tattoo is addressed to your daughter or to other people. In English (and Norwegian, I think) the same form is used in both cases, but Irish makes a distinction.

Guys,

In Scottish Gaelic, there's a term of endearment "mo chuisle"/"a chuisle" -- meaning "vein". Is there a similar Irish term? In ScG, that would be a better ideomatic option than translating "blood".

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[url=http://breis.focloir.ie/en/fgb/cuisle]cuisle exists in Irish[/i] but I didn't see any examples there using it in that sense, though there is A chuisle mo chroí for "My heart's beloved", so maybe it can be.

"A chuisle" by itself is fine as an endearment. It literally means "my pulse."

Fill, fill, a rún ó,
Fill a rún ó is ná himigh uaim
Fill orm, a chuisle 's a stór,
Is tcífidh tú an ghlóir má fhilleann tú

Redwolf

Hi

Thank's for Your replies. I do find it a it confusing though . Maybe you can help me out a step further. I'll tell you why I want this tattoo. Maybe you have an idea for a better phrase.

My daughter is 17. She has not been a part of my life untill this last year. I feel I have found her. Found a lost threasure sort of. Thats what I want to tell my surroundings with this tattoo: I have found my daughter, a treasure, and I love her.

Any ideas?

Morten