Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge: the Sounds of Irish

Filter recordings by sound

This will give you each recording where this phoneme occurs.

Transcription key orthographic transcription <sampla> dialectal phonemic transcription /sampla/ Celticist phonemic transcription /sampla/

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

/oː/ /oː/ back close-mid long rounded vowel /oː/ back close-mid long rounded vowel /oː/ back close-mid long rounded vowel

<a bhó> ‘his cow’

▶ / a # ˈ w oː / / a # ˈ v oː /

▶ / a # ˈ w oː / / a # ˈ v oː /

▶ / a # ˈ vˠ oː / / a # ˈ v oː / 8041

<an-mhór> ‘very big’

▶ / ˈ a n̪ˠ . ˈ w oː ɾˠ / / ˈ a ɴ . ˈ v oː r /

▶ / ˈ a n̪ˠ . ˈ w oː ɾˠ / / ˈ a ɴ . ˈ v oː r /

▶ / ˈ a . n̪ˠ ə . ˈ vˠ uː ɾˠ / / ˈ a . ɴ ə . ˈ v uː r / 8100

<ar bord loinge> ‘aboard a ship’

▶ / ˈ ɛ ɾˠ # ˈ bˠ oː ɾˠ d̪ˠ # ˈ l̪ˠ ɪ . ɲ ə / / ˈ e r # ˈ b oː r d # ˈ ʟ i . ŋʹ ə /

▶ / ɛ ɾˠ # ˈ bˠ au ɾˠ d̪ˠ # ˈ l̪ˠ ɪ ɲ . ɟ ə / / e r # ˈ b au r d # ˈ ʟ i ŋʹ . ɡʹ ə /

▶ / ə ɾˠ # ˈ bˠ oː ɾˠ d̪ˠ # ˈ l̪ˠ ɪ . ɲ ə / / ə r # ˈ b oː r d # ˈ ʟ i . ŋʹ ə / 8108

<beo> ‘alive’

▶ / ˈ bʲ ɔː / / ˈ bʹ ɔː /

▶ / ˈ bʲ oː / / ˈ bʹ oː /

▶ / ˈ bʲ oː / / ˈ bʹ oː / 8137

<beoir> ‘beer’

▶ / ˈ bʲ ɔː ɾʲ / / ˈ bʹ ɔː rʹ /

▶ / ˈ bʲ oː ɾʲ / / ˈ bʹ oː rʹ /

▶ / ˈ bʲ oː ɾʲ / / ˈ bʹ oː rʹ / 8138

<bó> ‘cow’

▶ / ˈ bˠ ɔː / / ˈ b ɔː /

▶ / ˈ bˠ oː / / ˈ b oː /

▶ / ˈ bˠ oː / / ˈ b oː / 8150

<borrfaidh> ‘will swell’

▶ / ˈ bˠ oː . ɾ̥ˠ iː / / ˈ b oː . hr iː /

▶ / ˈ bˠ ʌ . ɾ̥ˠ ə / / ˈ b o . hr ə /

▶ / ˈ bˠ ʌ . ɾ̥ˠ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ b o . hr i ɡʹ / 8154

<ceannóidh> ‘will buy’

▶ / ˈ c a . n̪ˠ a . hˠ a j / / ˈ kʹ a . ɴ a . h a ɣʹ /

▶ / ˈ c a . n̪ˠ oː / / ˈ kʹ a . ɴ oː /

▶ / c a . ˈ n̪ˠ oː ɟ / / kʹ a . ˈ ɴ oː ɡʹ / 8202

<ceo> ‘fog’

▶ / ˈ c oː / / ˈ kʹ oː /

▶ / ˈ c oː / / ˈ kʹ oː /

▶ / ˈ c oː / / ˈ kʹ oː / 8209

<ceoil> ‘music (gen.)’

▶ / ˈ k oː l̠ʲ / / ˈ k oː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ c oː l / / ˈ kʹ oː l /

▶ / ˈ c oː lʲ / / ˈ kʹ oː lʹ / 8210