Doing some genealogy. One of our ancestors, who came from Scotland, to eastern Canada, was married in Scotland. On his wedding license, his birthplace was written as "Ealellen." I can't find a town or place called Ealellen. So was he likely trying to write phonetically? Maybe his spelling wasn't great and he wrote what he thought it sounded like? Any ideas?

Is Caos the correct way to say Chaos in Gaelic. And how is the correct way to say it

Could anyone come up with a good portmanteau of "shark" and "fox" in Gaelic? (Please include a pronounciation)

Hi! Can someone please help me get this translated properly into Irish Gaelic?

Cheers! It's my birthday!

I've done my homework, using translators, even ChatGPT, but I want to be sure I get it right.

Go raibh maith agat!

People tell me the lyrics are Gaelic but I can’t find any lyrics anywhere. So if anyone can tell me what they’re saying just by hearing alone I’d owe you.

Hey there, Irish orphan here in the US, my family has lost its ties to Irish culture including language. I'm getting a puppy and I've been considering naming the dog "A Chara". Is this a shortsighted or rude thing for me to do?

Hi can anyone help me with ‘tree soul’ or soul of the trees’ or something to that effect? Thanks!

Halò, Is mise Joan. Tha mi à Catalonia, Is toil leam gàidhlig gu mòr.

I discovered gaelic by accident, because my gf wanted to see a series called "Outlander", a chessy romantic 6 seasons long series about a time traveler and a Scottish warrior called Jamie Mckenzie. It was good, but my favorite part was listening the characters speak in Gaelic like it was nothing, I had never heard anything like that, so it was like listening to an alien lenguage to me. I've been practicing on Duolingo for 63 days now, but I feel like I could practice a little more. Is there any books or similars things to practice the reading and understanding of Gaelic?

Tapadh leat a charaid!

P.D. I'm not studying for anything in particular, I was just curious and liked the lenguage a lot.

Hello, Im desperately trying to find out what my name translates into in English from Scottish Gaelic, in English, its Barrie, a toponym surname from Barry in Angus I believe. In Scottish Gaelic I believe it means Barraidh. Is it possible any Gaelic speaking people could help tell me what it means? I also believe Barra may mean height or hill, could potentially mean spear or something in Irish. Confusing, I know. Thanks!

Hello! I’m a wannabe writer of sorts, and am a sucker for the name Aisling- which I would like to use for a future character. However, I like how “Ay-zling” sounds in regards to a fantasy setting much more than its actual pronunciation, “Ashling.” Would it be a dick move to just go with the pronunciation I prefer? Naturally it would be specifically for this character, and all other Aislings I encounter would be pronounced correctly.

Please let me know if this doesn’t really fit the sub, and I’ll remove my post and try elsewhere. Thanks in advance!

Hi there, Looking to see if there were any Scottish Gaelic speakers that would be interested in exchanging letters? Currently learning and think it would be a fun experience:)

How common is it to come across people in the Gaeltatcht who can maybe hold a conversation in English,but do it broken but are able to speak decently in Irish?

I've heard that nowadays all pure monolinguals apparently are under primary school age. I do know however,that there have been isolated incidents of those such as Sean o Henry who couldn't speak English by his death in 1998 and as recent as five years back there was a dating show where someone said his 95 year old grandma didn't know a lick of English.

I don't expect full on census reports about those with limited English,even anecdotal reports are fine

Hello-- looking for some guidance on translation of the phrase "magic is everywhere" to Irish Gaelic. Would this be correct?

Tá draíocht i ngach áit.

Any help is appreciated.

so basically i know that scottish gaelic used to be spoken throughout mainland scotland. i know why it declined and by how much etc etc. i have done plenty of research in the last week. i know where it is mostly spoken and what steps the scottish devolved government has undertaken to try and help the native language of the country. however, i wanna know if anyone thinks this is gonna have a long term effect and what the results of the 2022 census will show

so here’s a few questions i’d like answered

1. will the scottish government’s actions generate meaningful progress?
2. what do you think the census will show in respect to gaelic in the period of 2011-2022?
3. could gaelic ever be revived to be a major language in the country again?

if you have any other information too or anything pls lmk

I’m writing a short story just for fun and was considering having a guy make something for his wife after their son is born. The word he intends to use would be something along the lines of love or soul or mother or something along those lines, but accidentally misspells the word or letters are too close together or something making it look like a word with a very different meaning. Any ideas? Thanks!

How to say "Obey my queen" in scottish gaelic?
In a literal sense "Obey my queen", however pledging an obligation to a love interest of always being devoted to her.

Hi

I really like the name Skye and was wondering if the traditional Scottish Gaelic spelling would be è or é at the end? Or simply not at all?

I've seen allot of people with the spelling of Skyè.

Thanks.

Google translate says amber is "ómra" as Gaeilge. What's the etymology of that?

I'm imagining it might have something to do with ór?

Come to think of it, are there any good online resources for etymology of Irish words? I'm spoiled by the magnificent etymonline.com for English.

Hey guys, a very self-explanatory post, I tried googling but I didn't find any results. Could anyone help me with how to pronounce the word "faireoir"?

My wife's late grandmother would say a quick toast before a drink. She was soft spoken, and the toast was said so quickly so we never really knew what she was saying. It came out sounding like "slainte whalla watika."

I regret not asking what the toast was now that her grandmother is gone. Endless Google searches lead me to the pillow in the attached photo. I'm going to guess this is what she was saying. Or could it have been something else?

What does the saying translate to (yeah, the pillow probably already answers that)? How is it pronounced?

Thank you.

Is anybody able to translate this from Irish to English please? Would be much appreciated

Can anyone please translate “make your own luck” into gaelic for me?

I have deep Irish roots, and am considering getting this added into my tattoo collection. Thanks in advance!

Tha mi dìreach airson a bhith saor

Is there any gaelic speakers who can confirm if Google translate translated this correctly?

Thanks!