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How do you say / spell beautiful in the Irish Gaelic language?

I have been searching for the correct way to say / spell the word beautiful in Irish Gaelic.I am considering a tattoo that says either:“beautiful”OR “beautiful girl”I believe that beautiful is álainn, if I am correct.and beautiful girl translates into Cailín álainn??yet I see that álainn can also be spelled as hálainn or h-álainn??What would be the correct way to translate “beautiful” and “beautiful girl” in the Irish Gaelic language considering they will be tattoos? I would appreciate any help I can get [:

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You are right!álainn – beautifulcailín álainn – beautiful girlThe “h” (“h-” in the older spelling) is used at other times. For example:an cailín álainn – the beautiful girlTá an cailín go hállain – The girl is beautiful.See what I mean?Here is a link to a folk-song called “An Cailín Állain”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRC00aB9xFYThe singer is a fluent, native speaker so you can listen to how he says “Cailín Állain” and pronounce it like he does.🙂... Show More
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