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Cliathach · **Posted:** Sat 26 May 2012 11:38 am

conas tá' as always thanks for the help on my last question, just a quick pronunciation one, would "doimhneacht" roughly be div-nyacht ? also if i wanted to ask the depth of something, say a pool, could i say "cén doimhneacht atá ann?"

'maith agaibh

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

Yeah, div-nyakht or dev-nyakht.

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also if i wanted to ask the depth of something, say a pool, could i say "cén doimhneacht atá ann?"

sounds right but I think the usual question would be "cá dhoimhne atá sé?"

Scooby · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 7:18 pm **Posts:** 576

or: Cé chomh doimhin (domhain) is atá sé?

Doimhneacht - 'die-nakht' (very roughly - particularly that 'd' sound at the start).

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

Your pronunciation of "doimhneacht" is a Munster one, isn't it?

Gumbi · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 8:09 pm **Posts:** 943

Lughaidh wrote:

Your pronunciation of "doimhneacht" is a Munster one, isn't it?

Seems to be, though I would pronounce it with more of a "u" sound - of course, this may just be the ambiguity of phonetics die-nukht

Gumbi · **Joined:** Tue 06 Sep 2011 8:09 pm **Posts:** 943

Scooby wrote:

or: Cé chomh doimhin (domhain) is atá sé?

Doimhneacht - 'die-nakht' (very roughly - particularly that 'd' sound at the start).

This I'd what I'd say.

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

Sure, btw, pronouncing -ach or -acht with a real ah-sound in an unstressed syllable, only exists in Ulster. Elsewhere the -a- is pronounced as a neutral vowel ("uh").

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