siochain..."peace" in Gaelic..need some help here

[Mari333]

someone know how to pronounce siochain....in Gaelic..Im going to be speaking to Ireland tomorrow as a mother of a kid in Iraq, and want to say peace to them. I believe siochain is "shee on" as it would be phrased...any help is appreciated.

[daveskilt]

1. I could tell you how its pronounced in Scotland

but that might not help you much.

try
http://www.standingstones.com/gaelpron.html

for irish gaelic pronunciations

[Another Bill C.]

2. Go here

Go to this site.
http://www.topstudy.com/tutor.htm

scroll down to the Irish dictionary.
Select Irish>English

Copy and paste the word as it is here: síocháin

Be sure your sound is on. It's a computer generated voice so you might have to repeat it a number of times.

You can be quite sure that no one in the audience will be correcting you.

[Cleita]

3. Shee-O-kahn according to my husband.

It's one of his family's surnames.

[Mari333]

4. thanks..I think the ch is pronounced in the back of the throat

shee o chan using a soft k like in loch or l'chaim.