Sláinte mhaith

Good health · Slawn-cheh wah

Sláinte mhaith means Good health, and is said Slawn-cheh wah.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Health good. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Slawn-cheh wah, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

A fuller sláinte, and the one to use if you want to sound like you have more than one word of it. Sláinte chugat, health to you, is another.

More like this

• Go n-éirí an bóthar leat: May the road rise to meet you (Good luck)
• Go raibh míle maith agat: Thank you very much
• Sláinte: Cheers / Health
• Go maire tú: May you live long / Congratulations
• Beannacht Dé leat: God's blessing be with you
• Sonas ort: Happiness be on you

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