Hello everybody!

I'd like to get a tattoo with my son's name and the irish expression for "litte miracle".
Could anyone please help me with the translation?
Please only answer if 1000 % sure - it's forever.

Thank you so much!!

Best regards from Germany!
Isabella

Míorúilt Bheag
999% sure

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Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Hi, Isabella. Actually, it is the people who are "1000 %" sure that you should be wary of. We've seen people grab a translation off Google and tell requesters that they are 100 percent sure it's correct. And there others who think their Irish is already perfect that still make fatal typographical errors.

Our system, carried over from IGTF, of getting three confirmations of a translation makes sure that everybody's suggestions are triple-checked and fine-tuned. It will take a little longer, but you can be sure the result is safer.

To get things started:

míorúilt bheag "little miracle"

You can probably also use the diminutive suffix -ín, which works somewhat like -chen in German:

míorúiltín "little miracle"

Await confirmation, correction, or alternative suggestions ...

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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).

People who are "999% sure" aren't quite so bad - I think.

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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).

Both suggestions look OK to me.

I like míorúiltín better. Míorúilt bheag just means ‘a small miracle’ to me, whereas míorúiltín has more the feeling of calling someone your ‘little miracle’.

If it were me getting the tattoo (which it isn’t, of course), I’d probably even go for mo mhíorúiltín ‘my little miracle’, which I think sounds just lovely as a phrase.

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Not a native speaker.

Always wait for at least three people to agree on a translation, especially if it’s for something permanent.

My translations are usually GU (Ulster Irish), unless CO (Standard Orthography) is requested.

Aye, Gorgeous phrase indeed.

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Thank you so much for your help!

Breandán, you're probably right...1000% are just as unlikely as my English is perfect ... - but as I have 3 more months to wait for the tattoo, I hope there will be a lot more confirmations.

I liked the idea of kokoshneta ( "mo mhíorúiltín" ) a lot. A single word (as in Breandán's suggestion) wouldn't look good in the tattoo - can anyone confirm "mo mhíorúiltín" is the right translation?

Thank you again. I really hope there won't be bad surprises when I return to Ireland one day with my tattoo...

I think Taoiseach's comment was a seconding (a confirmation) - Probably )

I can third it.

Perhaps if others might add theirs, just to be sure ...

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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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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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