Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge: the Sounds of Irish

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Irish of Gaoth Dobhair Irish of An Ceathrú Rua Irish of Corca Dhuibhne

<nigh> ‘wash’

▶ / ˈ n̠ʲ iː hʲ / / ˈ ɴʹ iː hʹ /

▶ / ˈ n̠ʲ ɪ / / ˈ ɴʹ i /

▶ / ˈ nʲ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ ɴʹ i ɡʹ / 8576

<nimh> ‘poison’

▶ / ˈ n̠ʲ ɪ vʲ / / ˈ ɴʹ i vʹ /

▶ / ˈ n̠ʲ ɪ vʲ / / ˈ ɴʹ i vʹ /

▶ / ˈ nʲ ɪ vʲ / / ˈ ɴʹ i vʹ / 8577

<níos faide> ‘further’

▶ / n̠ʲ iː sˠ # ˈ fˠ ɪ . ʤ ɛ / / ɴʹ iː s # ˈ f i . dʹ e /

▶ / n̠ʲ iː sˠ # ˈ fˠ ɪ . d̠ʲ ɪ / / ɴʹ iː s # ˈ f i . dʹ i /

▶ / nʲ iː sˠ # ˈ fˠ ɪ . dʲ ɛ / / ɴʹ iː s # ˈ f i . dʹ e / 8578

<óige> ‘youth’

▶ / ˈ ɔː . ɟ ɛ / / ˈ ɔː . ɡʹ e /

▶ / ˈ oː . ɟ ɪ / / ˈ oː . ɡʹ i /

▶ / ˈ oː . ɟ ɛ / / ˈ oː . ɡʹ e / 8582

<oileán> ‘island’

▶ / ˈ ɛ . l̪ˠ a n̪ˠ / / ˈ e . ʟ a ɴ /

▶ / ˈ ɪ . l ɑː n̪ˠ / / ˈ i . lʹ aː ɴ /

▶ / ɪ . ˈ lʲ ɑː n̪ˠ / / i . ˈ ʟʹ aː ɴ / 8583

<óim> ‘ohm (genitive)’

▶ / ˈ oː mʲ / / ˈ oː mʹ /

▶ / ˈ oː mʲ / / ˈ oː mʹ /

▶ / ˈ oː mʲ / / ˈ oː mʹ / 8584

<oir> ‘fit’

▶ / ˈ ɔː ɾʲ / / ˈ ɔː rʹ /

▶ / ˈ fʲ ɛ l / / ˈ fʹ e lʹ /

▶ / ˈ ɪ ɾʲ / / ˈ i rʹ / 8585

<oirfidh> ‘will fit’

▶ / ˈ ɔː . ɾ̥ʲ iː / / ˈ ɔː . hrʹ iː /

▶ / ˈ fʲ ɛ . l̥ ɪ / / ˈ fʹ e . hlʹ i /

▶ / ˈ ɪ . ɾ̥ʲ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ i . hrʹ i ɡʹ / 8586

<oirthe> ‘fitted’

▶ / ˈ ɔː . ɾ̥ʲ ɛ / / ˈ ɔː . hrʹ e /

▶ / ˈ fʲ ɛ l . t̠ʲ ɛ / / ˈ fʹ e lʹ . tʹ e /

▶ / ˈ ɪ . ɾ̥ʲ ɛ / / ˈ i . hrʹ e / 8587

<paidrín> ‘Rosary beads’

▶ / ˈ pˠ a . ʤ ɪ . ɾʲ iː n̠ʲ / / ˈ p a . dʹ i . rʹ iː ɴʹ /

▶ / ˈ pˠ ɑː . d̠ʲ ɪ . ɾʲ iː n̠ʲ / / ˈ p aː . dʹ i . rʹ iː ɴʹ /

▶ / pˠ a . ˈ dʲ ɾʲ iː nʲ / / p a . ˈ dʹ rʹ iː ɴʹ / 8593