Go ndéana Dia trócaire air

May God have mercy on him · Guh nyay-nah Dee-ah troh-ker-eh er

Go ndéana Dia trócaire air means May God have mercy on him, and is said Guh nyay-nah Dee-ah troh-ker-eh er.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads May God do mercy on him. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Guh nyay-nah Dee-ah troh-ker-eh er, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Said on hearing of a death, often straight after the person's name. For a woman, uirthi instead of air.

More like this

• Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam: May his soul be at God's right hand
• Tá brón orm: I am sorry
• Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann: His like will not be seen again
• Ní maith liom do thrioblóid: I am sorry for your trouble

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