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Dobhair
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Username: Dobhair
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 08:10 am: |   
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Khaire & Blessings~
Hi all :) I am a complete beginner at Irish but I am very interested in learning the language. Also I was wondering about the correct pronunciation of the word "dobhair"...it means a lot to me personally.
Namaste* |
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Peter
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Username: Peter
Post Number: 115
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:17 am: |
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Namaste, a chara!
The word is 'dobhar' if you mean 'water' (another word for that is 'uisce'). I'm used to hearing it pronounced as /do:r/ (close to the English 'door', but with /r/ similar to that of Indian English, I'd say). 'Dobhair' (plural form) sounds like /do:r'/ (/r'/ close to 'y' in yes).
Peter |
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Odwyer
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Username: Odwyer
Post Number: 6
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 04:27 pm: |
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I thought bh=v. Am I wrong? |
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James
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Username: James
Post Number: 353
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 06:48 pm: |
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bh = a rough "v" sound at the beginning of a word with few exceptions. In the middle of a word it takes more of a "w" sound...usually.
Is minic a bhris beál duine a shrón.
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Dobhair
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Username: Dobhair
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:34 pm: |
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Khaire~
Thanks for that guys! ;)
Namaste* |
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Peter
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Username: Peter
Post Number: 119
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:48 pm: |
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You are both right, guys, of course. So the word can be pronounced as /daur/ (like Dow (in Dow Jones) + rrrrrrrrrr ;), for /o/+/v/ turns into a diphthong. But the thing is, the well known place name Gaoth Dobhair is rendered into English as Gweedore. /do:r/ is just the northern variant for the word (I wonder if the word is used somewhere else apart from Donegal).
Peter |
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Lúcas
Member
Username: Lúcas
Post Number: 244
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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Dobhair, the genitive of dobhar, is sometimes pronounced in Donegal as if it were spelled dobhaí. Gaoth Dobhair literally means "inlet of water" or "estuary."
Mise le meas,
Lúcas
Ceartaigh mo chuid Gaeilge, mura miste leat .
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