Lay-okh
Comment:
It depends on which dialect of Irish you are using:
"laekh" in the south but "leekh" in the west and north.
In Irish, generally "leekh" with the "kh" the gutteral sound in "Bach".
In the SW it is more like "laekh" however.
The Scottish prounciation is almost like the French sound between oo and ee.
In Munster Irish dialect: laekh;
in Connacht and Ulster Irish: leekh.
"Oa" is not a combination seen in Gaelic.
"Laoch" is a word meaning "hero". In SW Ireland pronounced like "laekh";
in W and N Ireland as "leekh".
Lough is an English spelling of Loch (lake) and is pronounced as lokh with a guttural sound.
Laoch
Irish: laoch, gaiscíoch Scots Gaelic: Laoch or Cathach
cuh-rah "Champion", yes. For "hero" or "warrior" I would go with Laoch (lay-och)
laoch gan staonadh laoch gan ghéilleadh
lay-uk
gaiscíoch = warrior, hero; laoch = warrior, hero curadh = warrior, hero; champion
I can't find the word as spelled.It could be an laoch (the warrior, hero, champion)?
It's not Gaelic so why pronounce it.
hero = n laoch m1hero = gaiscíoch m1Taken from: http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary Irish Gaelic: (as given above) laoch, gaiscíoch. also curadh Scottish Gaelic: laoch, gaisgeach, curaidh
Laoch (warrior, hero); curadh (warrior, hero, champion); gaiscíoch (warrior, hero).
Gaelic has no letter 'y'.
In the Irish language: saighdiúir. In the Scottish Gaelic language: saighdear.