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Pronunciation of Bebhinn
The pronunciation of Bebhinn, also commonly spelled Beibhinn or Bébhinn, varies depending on the dialect of Irish. 'Be' should be pronounced 'beh' (as in 'bed'), while 'Bei' or 'Bé' should be pronounced 'bey' (rhyming with 'hay' or 'play'). In all forms of Irish, 'bh' sounds like a 'v'. In 'inn' sound at the end can be pronounced as either 'in' (rhyming with kin) or 'een' (rhyming with queen). In summation, Bebhinn and its variants might be pronounced beh-vin, beh-veen, bey-vin, or bey-veen.
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Pronunciation of Bebhinn
b eh - v ih n
| b | sounds like the | 'b' | in 'bat' | |
| eh | sounds like the | 'e' | in 'pet' | |
| v | sounds like the | 'v' | in 'very' | |
| ih | sounds like the | 'i' | in 'it' | |
| n | sounds like the | 'n' | in 'no' |
Phonetic Spelling:[ b eh - v ih n ]
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Pronunciation of Bebhinn
be-vin
be - pronounced as 'be' in BET
vin - rhymes with PIN, SIN
Origin: Irish
Gender: Female
Means: Fair Lady
Pronunciation of Bebhinn
bebhimm
Phonetic Spelling:[ bebhimm ]
Pronunciation of Bebhinn
BEV - een
Pronunciation of Bebhinn
be v inn
Pronunciation of Bebhinn
Bev-een
'Bev' as in 'Beverly', 'een' as in 'seen'
From the Old Irish words for woman, 'bean', and musically sweet, 'binn' (commonly altered to create the soft consonant sound of a v in 'bhinn').
Variant forms include Bebinn (the combination between 'bean' and 'binn' unaltered, pronounced beh-bin), Befionn ('bean' and 'fionn', meaning white, pronounced beh-fin), and Beibhinn ('bean' and 'binn', pronounced bey-veen).
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