How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

Latest post Wed, Nov 25 2009 16:26 by seano. 2 replies.
  • Tue, Nov 24 2009 5:28

    • GerryLux
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    How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

    A chairde,

    How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

     

    Go raibh maith agat,

    Gearóid

     

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  • Tue, Nov 24 2009 18:49 In reply to

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    Re: How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

    GerryLux:

    A chairde,

    How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

     

    Go raibh maith agat,

    Gearóid

     

    A Ghearóid, a chara,

    if its 'fáidh' you have in mind, I reckon its pronounced faw/ig.

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    • seano
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    Re: How do you pronounce the word for Prophet, in Irish?

    The word for prophet is fáidh. I don't know if you are in Ireland, but if you imagine someone from a country area of Tyrone or Derry saying "aye" (a New Englander or a Newfoundlander would probably do, come to think of it) and then stick an f in front of it, that's close enough. Fie as in fee, fie, fo, fum is also pretty close. If you lenite it, the f becomes completely silent, so in the phrase "ag an fháidh" (at the prophet) it will be pronounced aye. In the plural it's fáithe, pronounced fie-ha. What's known as a broad f (that's an f with an a, an o or a u next to it) will often have a slight w- sound after it, so you might hear it as something like fwie/fwie-ha.

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