Hello,

I am hoping someone can help me out with this request. Due to a few life events, I am looking for a specific translation for a tattoo.

Can anyone tell me the correct way to say Love, Loyalty, and Respect? I know that Love, Loyalty and Friendship is 'Grá Dílseacht Cairdeas', but I am looking for slight variation and haven't been able to find something I trust.

Thank you in advance- glad to be here.

Ryan S.

Grá, dílseacht, agus meas

The forum is quiet these days, but for tattoos we used always recommend getting at least three confirmations. Hopefully you'll be able to get that, however, as that might not be a realistic expectation anymore, I'm going to link you to this earlier request which was looking for similar terms.

I wouldn’t use an "Oxford comma" in Irish, so: grá, dílseacht agus meas
or grá ⁊ dílseaċt ⁊ meas

I particularly like the second one.

I will keep an eye on it, but thank you both for your input! I especially like the font for that second version. Any idea what font/character that is?

If I ever get this finished I'll try to share the finished product.

It's the traditional Irish script (= cló Gaelach, cló Gaelaċ)
This particular font is called "Bunchló Ársa" (Bunċló Ársa)

@Labhrás , Thank you so much

That is exactly what I was looking for. I truly appreciate it!

Is the substitution of the agus symbol ( ⁊ ) for the comma part of the orthographic/punctuation conventions of Cló Gaelach or is something else going on?

grá agus dílseacht agus meas = grá ⁊ dílseacht ⁊ meas = grá ⁊ dílseaċt ⁊ meas

⁊, the Tironian et, is an abbreviation for "agus" (not the comma). It is not only used in Cló Gaelach, but prob. more often than today.

Polysyndetic coordination is the rule in Irish (was the rule, at least), i.e. the conjunction "agus" said/written between all nouns in enumerations, e.g. Seán agus Pól agus Máire, mise agus tusa agus ruball na muice agus bacach Shile Andaí.

English has a monosyndetic "and" only between the last two nouns: John, Paul, and Mary.
Such use in Irish is prob. kind of "Béarlachas".

That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation.