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wellbeing
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wellbeing asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

From earlier question on pronouncing Irish?

I am looking for the pronunciation of this Irish word, but I forgot to mention it's Irish, how would you say it using english? Daibheid

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  • alpha
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Daibhéid, the Irish name for David is pronounced Dav-aid. The 'bh' sound is like V and the accent on the 'é' makes that sound like the 'a' in the word 'aid'

  • ganesh
    1 decade ago

    I would say "daw ved" - in IPA [davʲɛd]

    Standard Irish Gaelic doesn't have the "th" sound.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography
  • murnip
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    dhaw vaydh ("dh pronounced like "th" in "that")

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