Proper capitalization question

[pcarolan]

We are looking to add an expression to a headstone in Irish. I wanted to doublecheck on the proper capitalization.

I gcónaí inár gcroíthe

Always in our hearts

Thank you

[Aengus]

This response might be a bit late, but you can just capitalize the first word, as you did in your question. In English, you could capitalize all the words (Always In Our Hearts), but that’s a bit more complicated in Irish – gConaí and gCroíthe are straightforward enough (don’t capitalize the urú), but inár is a compound of “i” and “ár”, and I’m not sure if “InÁr” would be appropriate, or whether you would stick with “Inár”.

But I would also suggest that “go deo” is probably more common than “i gcónaí” in this type of phrase – “Inár gcróithe go deo”.

[Aengus]

“Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí” says that the singular noun is used after the plural possessive adjectives ár, bhur, and a when each person only has one of the thing referred to. So “inár gcroí go deo”.

But it adds as a footnote that “inár gcróithe” is also used

> ar lorg na n-aidiachtaí sealbhacha iolra ár, bhur, a, nuair nach bhfuil
ach ceann amháin de na rudaí dá dtagraíonn an aidiacht ag gach duine
(rud) atá i gceist: beidh Íosa inár gcroí; ar a n-aigne; fágadh na báid
ar a mbéal fúthu; bhí na saighdiúirí go léir ina luí ar a mbéal is ar a
n-aghaidh; agus i bhfrásaí mar: ar a gcoiscéim; ar ár gcois
> Deirtear fosta inár gcroíthe.

http://www.forasnagaeilge.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GGBC_19990-2.pdf
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