Plé:Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Accent

Hi,

Why is there an accent on u in Yehúda? The correct pronunciation in Hebrew is Yehudá, with the accent on the last syllable, even though many people pronounce it Yehúda.

If this accent means something else in Irish, i would be curious to learn about it.

Thanks for your attention. --Amir E. Aharoni 17:47, 25 Márta 2009 (UTC)

Níl a fhios agam! Shíl mé gur tháinig an síneadh fada le rithim na teanga ar bhealach níos nádúrtha sa chás seo. Níl mé ábalta smaoineamh ar shampla eile ach cheapfainn go bhfuilim ceart.

Tá 'Ben Yehuda' ag Muiris Ó Laoire sa leabhair 'Athbheochan na hEabhraise' ISBN 0-903758-84-9..mholainn an leagan 'Ben-Yehuda' nó fiú an leagan 'Ben-Yehudá' atá molta ag Amir E. Aharoni.Éóg1916 15:11, 28 Iúil 2009 (UTC)

Mr. Aharoni--This mark in Irish indicates vowel length, not accent, and is called the síneadh fada, or length mark. The sound file in the English article on Ben Yehuda sounds to me like a long u, so 'Ben Yehúda' is reasonable. But Muiris was probably right in his book Abhbheochan na hEabhraise ('The Revival of Hebrew') with simply 'Ben Yehuda'. Sin mo bharúil-sa. SeoMac 01:43, 22 Mí na Samhna 2009 (UTC)