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Gu meal sibh ur naidheachd 

May you enjoy your news

As the Runrig song ‘Cearcall a’ Chuain’ tells us: ‘tha sinn uile air cuan, stiùireadh cuairt tro ar beatha’ (we are all on a journey, steering a course through our lives) and we mark some of the big events on that journey with a cuirm (feast, occasion, reception). 

banais (f)

wedding

co–là–breith (m)

birthday

baisteadh (m)

baptism

ceumnachadh (m)

graduation

gealladh–pòsaidh

engagement

ceann–bliadhna

birthday, anniversary

On these types of occasions we often congratulate people in different ways: 

Meal do naidheachd!

Congratulations! [singular]

Mealaibh ur naidheachd!

Congratulations! [polite/plural]

Gu meal thu do naidheachd!

May you enjoy your news!

Gu meal sibh ur naidheachd!

May you enjoy your news!

‘S math a rinn thu!

You did well!

Nach math a rinn thu?!

Didn’t you do well?!

Sin thu fhèin!

Well done!

Sin sibh fhèin!

Well done!