A chairde,

I was wondering could you translate the following for me? .....

Christmas Song Book
Christmas Tune Book
Christmas Tunes
Christmas Songs

Go raibh míle míle maith agaibh!

Leabhar Amhráin Nollag

Leabhar Fhoinn Nollag

Foinn Nollag

Amhráin Nollag

Please wait for confirmation or additional input.

Redwolf

We could use some other eyes on this, please. I'm guessing it's a bit time-critical.

Redwolf

I've never heard of fonn for tune, I'd use port, though that may be purely dialectal. A quick check on focal.ie does indeed show fonn meaning tune. Is fonn used n Ulster Irish Redwolf? or is it attested in any other dialect? I've come to distrust focal.ie as its full of neologisms and sometimes archaisms that aren't attested in the real living language.

These may not be corrections, just variations. The genitive is in a state of flux, with different interpretations, especially when it comes to double and triple genitives.

Leabhar Amhráin Nollag; I would think Leabhar Amhrán Nollag. As the literal translation into English would be Christmas book of songs, with the genitive plural of songs being amhrán. Though again, usage tends to vary.

Leabhar Fhoinn Nollag, Leabhar Fhonn Nollag; again for the same reason as above.

Foinn Nollag

Amhráin Nollag

Cian

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I don't know how it plays out in dialects, but "fonn" is definitely used in tunebook names (including the very popular "Foinn Seisiúin")

Usually when you have a "double genitive," the first word isn't actually in the genitive...it just lenites (if it's lenitable). So that's what I was going for here.

Redwolf