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Often requested in sorrowful circumstances:
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam "May their souls be on God's right hand"
Notice that anam is singular. Why not anamacha (plural)? Because each person has only one soul.
Also:
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam "May his soul be on God's right hand" Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam "May her soul be on God's right hand"
(Corrections welcome.)
_________________ Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation. Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí. Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).
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