Thank you in advance to the volunteers here.

I am getting a tattoo to celebrate three years of sobriety. It features the inscription, "I rise from my own ashes" in Gaelic.

Previously, Labhrás was kind enough to give me this translation:

Éirím as mo luaith féin

As I am about to commit to ink in skin, I am following the suggestions of this board and asking for two other Native speakers to confirm this is the correct translation. One remaining question was whether it was more accurate to use "luaith" or "luaithreach". I had heard that luaithreach referred specifically to human ashes from a funeral pyre and Labhrás speculated it could be derived from próca luaithrigh = cinerary urn.

Again, thanks to all the volunteers who make this resource possible. An early Merry Christmas to all.

Éirím as mo luaith féin

looks good to me.

I have never heard that 'luaithreach' specifically referred to funeral pyres. It is, as far as I know, just another word for ashes. In fact Ash Wednesday is Chéadaoin an Luaithrigh in Irish and the ashes used here are traditionally made from burnt palm fronds from the previous Palm Sunday and nothing to do with human remains at all. I can only remember one reference to a phoenix rising out of ashes in Irish and I think it used 'luaith'. But really it's just a choice of which you think looks better.

Agus gurab amhlaidh duit féin!

https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/luaithreach


So you can have either:
Éirím as mo luaith féin
or
Éirím as mo (chuid) luaithreach féin -The "cuid" is optional, personally I prefer the sound luaithreach.

Many thanks to everyone. This is important to me and I appreciate your help getting it exactly right.

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