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PostPosted: Thu 09 Mar 2017 11:00 pm 
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I would like to have the translation for the words Peaceful and Honor. The tattoo is apart of a larger piece but i want to be 100% that what i put on me is the correct word! Honor applies to my family and Peaceful applys to me if that helps at all! Thank you!


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PostPosted: Fri 10 Mar 2017 1:04 am 
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Dial889 wrote:
I would like to have the translation for the words Peaceful and Honor. The tattoo is apart of a larger piece but i want to be 100% that what i put on me is the correct word! Honor applies to my family and Peaceful applys to me if that helps at all! Thank you!


For "peaceful" you have at least two choices: suaimhneach and síochánta [they're enlarged here, so that you can spot the accents in the second one]. They are interchangeable in many circumstances, but if you were speaking of calmness or tranquility, you'd probably choose the first one, and if you were using the term in the context of "peace on earth", you'd most likely use the second one.

The most common stand-alone word for "honor" is onóir, an obvious loan word from English (or maybe from Norman French), which is used mostly in the sense of one's own honor. Another possibility is the Irish-origin word urraim, which refers more to "respect" or "esteem".

Edited to add an accent, before someone else points out the error.

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PostPosted: Fri 10 Mar 2017 3:46 am 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
Dial889 wrote:
I would like to have the translation for the words Peaceful and Honor. The tattoo is apart of a larger piece but i want to be 100% that what i put on me is the correct word! Honor applies to my family and Peaceful applys to me if that helps at all! Thank you!


For "peaceful" you have at least two choices: suaimhneach and síochánta [they're enlarged here, so that you can spot the accents in the second one. They are interchangeable in many circumstances, but if you were speaking of calmness or tranquility, you'd probably choose the first one, and if you were using the term in the context of "peace on earth", you'd most likely use the second one.

The most common stand-alone word for "honor" is onóir, an obvious loan word from English (or maybe from Norman French), which is used mostly in the sense of one's own honor. Another possibility is the Irish-origin word urraim, which refers more to "respect" or "esteem".


I can second all this.

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PostPosted: Fri 10 Mar 2017 1:48 pm 
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Thank you so much!


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PostPosted: Fri 10 Mar 2017 8:57 pm 
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Bumping this up to warn you that I've added an accent which I mistakenly left out.

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