Carey is a Gaelic girl’s name that means champion. Those who want to give their child a straightforward pronunciation and spelling name will appreciate it. 49. Persie Persie is one of the most beautiful A list Gaelic names for a baby girl, and it has a meaning that parents can learn to...
Looking up Scottish Gaelic phonology online, will often bring up the pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is incredibly useful I think. But, what is shown is only a small percentage of the language's sound variations. Scottish Gaelic is one language, the grammar, and vocab...
This traditional Irish boy’s name is often spelled Keelan or Kelan and can be difficult to say for many. If you can pronounce it before reading the pronunciation below, please let us know in the comments. It derives from the Irish word caol, which means “slim” or “fine.” 23. Conc...
One of the most popular baby names in Ireland, Aine's spelling and pronunciation might seem simple but could prove confusing in the U.S. Aine Continued Aisling Origin: Irish Meaning: "dream, vision" Description: Aisling is currently a very popular Irish name for girls. Pronounced variously...
There’s long been debate over whether the Scots introduced the Irish to whisky, or whether the Irish brought whiskey over to Scotland. What’s clear is that the English word has its roots in the Gaelic nameuisce beathadh(Irish:uisce beatha; Scot:uisge beatha), itself a calque of the La...
they appear at the beginning of a word or elsewhere. In the chart above the broad pronunciations of the consonants are given in the first line below them, and the slender pronunciations in the second line. C, p and t are pre-aspirated between vowels, and unaspirated at the end of ...
No recordings exist of native Cornish speakers, so the pronunciation of the revived versions of Cornish had to be reconstructed from the surviving Cornish texts (MacKinnon, 2005). Today there are two or three hundred fluent speakers of Cornish, plus several thousand people with some knowledge of ...