How do you pronounce the Gaelic word 'laoch'?

Answer 1

Lay-okh

Comment:

It depends on which dialect of Irish you are using:

"laekh" in the south but "leekh" in the west and north.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

In Munster Irish dialect: laekh;

in Connacht and Ulster Irish: leekh.

Answer 4

"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".

Answer 5

Lough is an English spelling of Loch (lake) and is pronounced as lokh with a guttural sound.