I would like to get the phrase "Equal and Unending" in a tattoo. Can someone translate it into Gaelic for me?

Thank you much!

Welcome to ILF! I presume you are looking for Irish? If you are looking for Scottish Gaelic, you can ignore what I'm about to write.

To start off the discussion, perhaps 'cothrom agus síoraí'? Definitely wait for more learned opinion.

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Hi, welcome to ILF.

I'll assume you mean Irish (= Irish Gaelic) rather than Gaelic (= Scottish Gaelic), though we do have a Scottish Gaelic section if you do mean the latter.

One way:

Cothrom buan "Equal and unending"

Yet another:

Ar chomhchéim gan deireadh "Equal and unending"

It is not usual to put agus between adjectives in Irish.

Await further input ...

(Crossed with Saoirse)

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Thank you for the welcome. I was indeed requesting an Irish Gaelic translation. Thank you for the response. It would be referring to love, if that helps. Of "Cothrom buan" and "Ar chomhchéim gan deireadh", which is preferred? What is the difference? And could you give me the prounounciation?

Thank you so much for your help. I greatly appreciate it.

Perhaps also:

Cothrom agus Gan Chríoch

I take Breandán's point about agus and maybe it shouldn't be used here, but does the rule still apply using stand-alone adjectives (an oddity in itself)?

Anyway, Cothrom, Gan Chríoch sound grand to me too.

[Capitalisation being a matter of taste.]

Just on that point about using agus, it seems strange to me that agus would not be used. I feel sure I could find some examples in literature - but maybe I'm deluded!

He was a big, strong man - Fear mór, láidir a bhí ann. (I'm not sure about the commas).
The man was big and strong - Bhí an fear mór agus láidir. WRONG???

Does emphasis come into it?

Hi,
The first sentence seems much more natural for a start (but without the commas!), and even if I was forced to use the second construction I would say: bhí an fear mór láidir.
An B

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Thank you...

What is the difference between "Cothrom buan" and "Cothrom agus Gan Chríoch" or "Cothrom, Gan Chríoch"?

buan = permanent

gan chríoch = without end

There is also the word éigríochta which means endless/infinite.

That's what I was going to say! It seems like the most natural for me. What do you mean exactly by equal though?

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