How do you pronounce...

[WeepingWillow]

How do you pronounce sabbat and Samhain? I know I sound stupid, I just don't want to sound like an idiot when I say them out loud. I'm kind of new with these words :fpeek:
I mean, I know what they are, I just want to make sure exactly how to say them. Thanks! :smile:

[Calen]

I have little idea as to the "proper" pronnounciation, but I have always pronnounced it SA-bbat and SOW-wen.

[blueangel]

I have little idea as to the "proper" pronnounciation, but I have always pronnounced it SA-bbat and SOW-wen.


I pronounce them like this too.

[Amadore]

I pronounce sabbat as SAB-IT and I pronounce samhain as SOW-WEN.

[SunBeam]

Ive always said sa-bbat and sow-wain :ugh:

[WeepingWillow]

Thanks, you guys! Then I had said Sabbat correctly, but I was saying Samhain the way it is spelled :holycow: , I am so dumb! :foopsies:

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

Samhain/Samhuinn is a Gaelic word. Samhain being the Irish, and Samhuinn the Scots Gaelic.

In the Irish it's pronounce SOW-in. In the Scots Gaelic it's SOW-vin .

[Tigerlily]

Thanks, you guys! Then I had said Sabbat correctly, but I was saying Samhain the way it is spelled :holycow: , I am so dumb! :foopsies:

I say it like how it is spelled when I'm talking to myself. But when I say it out loud to someone, I say Sow-ween. :cutie: Don't feel dumb. :)

[Ron]

Thanks, you guys! Then I had said Sabbat correctly, but I was saying Samhain the way it is spelled :holycow: , I am so dumb! :foopsies:
You just had to know that the Irish 'mh' makes an English 'w' (in _some_ instances)

[Ben Gruagach]

Actually, another question about the pronounciation.

For Samhain, is it "SOW" and is sowing seeds in the ground (sounds the same as sewing my clothes,) or "SOW" as in female pig? My guess is it's like the female pig (s-- and ow as in I just got hurt.)

[Theres]

i've always said it as 'sow'.
seeing as how it's 'Summer's End'... and a harvest festival... i would think 'sow', as in a female pig, makes more sense. there is some mythology to back this up too (the 'white sow'), but i have no idea how historically relevent that is.

'so', as in reaping what you so, would make no sense at all for a harvest festival.

[dawns_eve]

I am curious too as to how it's pronounced....is it "sow" sounding like "sew" or "sow" sounding like the pig's sow. Hmmmm?

[Rudas Starblaze]

samhain "sowen" or "sowin" like ouh or ouch minus the "ch", en or in, like the letter N
"sowen"

[sincerebliss]

www.collegewicca.com/sounds
This is how I learned the pronounciations...click on the word and wait a while and you'll hear it audio!!!!!!! You might have to click a few times..humm.. :)

[WeepingWillow]

www.collegewicca.com/sounds
This is how I learned the pronounciations...click on the word and wait a while and you'll hear it audio!!!!!!! You might have to click a few times..humm.. :)

Thanks everybody!

[dawns_eve]

sincerebliss...thanks for the link...i added it to my favs!

[Gede]

MM~
I have always pronounced Samhain as Soween (as in 'sew') and Sabbat as Sab-at...

Namaste, Gede...

[wakywitch]

Sab-bat and sow-een

[Crystal_Raye]

I always pronounced it sab-at and so-when.

[dr_zeus440]

ive always said 'sabbat' and 'samhain' just as theyre written. if you want me to say SOW-win, then you can write SOW-win :D. mahgjkickal pronunciation is one area where im perfectly happy to wallow in ignorance. its not like theyre particularly common words in my vernacular.

p.s. if knowing how to pronounce 'samhain' ever becomes a life or death issue for me, ill let you know.

[mucgwyrt]

ive always said 'sabbat' and 'samhain' just as theyre written. if you want me to say SOW-win, then you can write SOW-win :D. mahgjkickal pronunciation is one area where im perfectly happy to wallow in ignorance. its not like theyre particularly common words in my vernacular.

p.s. if knowing how to pronounce 'samhain' ever becomes a life or death issue for me, ill let you know.
:rotfl:

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

ive always said 'sabbat' and 'samhain' just as theyre written. if you want me to say SOW-win, then you can write SOW-win :D. mahgjkickal pronunciation is one area where im perfectly happy to wallow in ignorance. its not like theyre particularly common words in my vernacular.

p.s. if knowing how to pronounce 'samhain' ever becomes a life or death issue for me, ill let you know.

Amusing way to put it, but the pronunciation of Samhain as SA-vin or SOW-en has nothing to do with it being mahgjicakl. It has to do with it being a word from another language. When you see for example merci beaucoup written don't you try to pronounce it correctly? Or do you actually say mer-see be-o-cup?

[Sonic Seamus]

Since we're on the subject of pronunciation.....how about the celtic names for the god an d goddess. Celtic phonics are killing me.

Cernunos(sp?): Is the C a hard or soft? I've been saying is with a soft c.

Cerridwen: Same as above with respect to the "C". Is the "w" silent or not?

[hamletincarnate]

samhain = "SOW-in" for me too .... but sometimes i say sabbat like hebrew "shuh-BAHT" ....i was jewish for a while, so it works for me :)