Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Irish term or phrase:
Codladh sámh
English translation:
sleep well/tight (lit. \"restful sleep\")
Irish term
Codladh sámh
Always from my Irish friend.
I can't understand the meaning....
Thank you!
| 4 | sleep well/tight (lit. "restful sleep") |
Peter Shortall
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| 5 | may you have a smooth sleep |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Legal / Business / Government
Native in: English
Works in: Romanian to English, Russian to English, French to English
sleep well/tight (lit. "restful sleep")
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-05 19:10:04 GMT)
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It is, yes, but also an interesting one :)
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-03-06 00:01:10 GMT)
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Here's an online dictionary:
http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary
If you type in "sámh" you'll see that it means "serene", not "flat".
| It's a very difficult language... Thank you! |
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may you have a smooth sleep
| He wrote: Nite nite and then this Irish sentence. I think he would say: sleep tight. I always tell to my English friends:nite nite, sleep tight.... thanks for the explanations. |
| Maybe 'pleasant dreams'? |
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Peter Shortall
: Sámh does not mean "flat" (which is usually "cothrom" depending on context), see e.g. http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary or http://www.crannog.ie/fff.htm / I don't need one, I'm just trying to show you that "flat" is not what it means
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well, at least I do not need a dictionary for such an easy text. Of course your translation is correct in terms of meaning but not in terms of the words.
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