hello large brained all knowing irish people

can you help a poor lad out? i live in Canada and i have a cottage in the forest by a lake i would like to give a name too...i was recently in thailand and the read that king's summer palace there is called "Wang Klai Kang Won" which translates to " Far From Worries"..i thought this was a beautiful name , but since my heritage is not Thai and predominantly anglo-gaelic i was hoping for a gaelic translation of this phrase....can anybody help me? cheers!

To start us off:

I gcéin ón gcian

I like this one. It's nicely alliterative.

Redwolf

Also alluringly alliterative...

But it doesn't mention escaping from worry.

Which is just as well as that was not what was asked for!

I gcéin ó = far away from

cian = sadness, melancholy, depression

Granted, I have not translated 'worries' exactly. Feel free to improve on my attempt.

I like your one scooby. Its also funny because cian as you said means sorrow and far away.

But i gcéin is actually the old tuiseal tabharthach of "cian" anyway. Just like ón ngréin is the old tuiseal tabharthach of ón ngrian. i gcéin was kept in the old tuiseal tabharthach because it became a phrase meaning far away.

So technically you could also say:

older T. tabh form:

i gcéin ón gcéin

more modern:

i gcian ón gcian

But I think yours scooby is the best: i gcéin ón gcian

You could also say: i bhfad ós na himní(bh)- well away from the worries

i bhfad ó himní(bh) an tsaoil- well away from the worries of life

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Another attempt:

I bhFad ó Bhuarthaí "Far from Sorrows/Vexations" (also alliterative, if it works )

Await further input ...

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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).

dearest translators....thank you SO MUCH for all this help and discussion...it's very enlightening reading everyone's take on what the best translation is.....fascinating stuff!!

one thing if i can further proclaim my ignorance...would you be able to provide me with a phonetic guide to how to pronounce the phrases...i've looked for guides online on how to pronounce but i'm afraid i will not be saying it properly as i try to impress my friends and do not want to get busted!

is the c silent in gcéin and gcian? is "gc" a unique pairing that has it's own pronunciation?

is the g like g in gift?
is the c like g in dig? if so, how do you say them (gc) together?

thanks in advance for your advanced help on this...it's much appreciated!

When you have two consonants together at the beginning of a word like that (assuming one of them isn't "h"), the first generally cancels the second out (ng is an exception). So it's pronounced, roughly:

Ih gayn ohn GEE-un.

Hard "g" as in "girl," not soft as in "gee whiz."

Redwolf