I love this phrase; "loyalty to God and family" those are the two most important things in my life. I'm still learning sentence structure.


I do not know the word for loyalty but is God "Dè" and family "teaghlach"? Or is it different based on context? I could be completely wrong, just a dry run. Any advice would be great!

Thanks!

Traditionally, all over the world, people lived in 'teaghlaidh' where related and non-related people lived, so 'teaghlach' is used for that. 'Faimilí' is used in the West, anyways for the nuclear family.

'God' is Dia and 'of God', Dé

'Umhal do Dhia' would be 'loyalty to God' (in the sense of being subservient to Him)

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I would lean toward "dílseacht" for this kind of loyalty, and "muintir" for "family" (it's a bit more inclusive than "teaghlach," which technically only refers to your household).

Dílseacht do Dhia agus do mo mhuintir: Loyalty to God and to my family

Wait for more input, please.

Redwolf

Thank you so much! And I will

Hi again, I am also wondering, is it possible to take the "do mo" out of Dílseacht do Dhia agos do mo mhuintir? I would rather it be shorter. So does "Dílseacht do Dhia agos mhuintir" mean "loyalty to God and family"?

Thanks!

Watch the spelling there! It's "agus," not "agos"!

You could remove the "mo" if you wanted, but it would make it more ambiguous, and sounds odd to my ear. You have to repeat the "do," though...unlike English, Irish repeats prepositions in this construction.

Redwolf