My sister wants to tattoo her daughter's name and maybe heart after it..... eg, Erin Heart
Given that Erin is of Gaelic Origin apparently, she wanted to do it in gaelic.
2007-07-03 20:31:24 · 4 answers · asked by littlyau 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Erin is a Hiberno-English word and comes from the Irish Gaelic 'Éirinn' which is the dative case of the word 'Éire' (Ireland) which itself comes from 'Éiru', the name of the Goddess of Ireland.
Heart in Irish is 'croí'.
Perhaps you could say:
Éire - mo chroí (Ireland - my heart). [ayr-eh muh hree]
2007-07-04 01:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irish Gaelic To English Translation
2016-12-31 05:14:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Re: What is the gaelic translation for Erin?
In a sense, there is none. Éirinn (Ayr-inn; Erin) means "Ireland" in Gaelic but the Irish don't use it as a personal name in Ireland. It is actually what is known as an "Irish-American" name like Kelly, Kaylea and Shannon not an Irish-Irish name. There's a difference. In Ireland they have a lot of different names, usually the names of Saints in the Catholic or Celtic Catholic Church.
I told this once to a person on this site asking about the Gaelic form of "Shannon." She apparently didn't like the answer, nevertheless, it is the unvarnished truth or as some people say in the vernacular, "the straight skinny." .
2007-07-04 08:05:37 · answer #3 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Littlyau, here's something that you might find interesting. But first of all, let me be honest and tell you that I know nothing about Gaelic (Scottish or Irish.) The information below is the fruit of a brief research into the matter.
At The Online Etymology Dictionary :
Erin, ancient name of Ireland, from Old English Erinn, dative of Eriu "Ireland." (Please click on first link.)
Following this line of thought, I went into an online Gaelic-English Dictionary site (The Clan MacRae) to look for "Ireland." Here's what I found (click on second link) :
[Éirinn] pnf. g. -eann, Ireland; better Éire
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Additional: Go to the fourth link below, type the word Éirinn into the field TYPE IRISH WORD(S), then click LOOK IT UP. The resulting page will show you the current usages of Éirinn in the Irish language. Better have a look at this first.
2007-07-03 22:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dowland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erin go get your bra. No I believe it means Long Live Ireland or something to that effect.
2016-03-14 22:31:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋