"Porath" has a somewhat unique spelling, with a few different vowel sounds represented. The first sound is /p/ followed by the short /o/ sound, as in "hot", spelled with an "o". Next comes the letter "r", which is pronounced with a slight trill or flap of the tongue. Then there's the "a" sound as in "father", followed by the "th" sound which is a combination of /t/ and /h/. Finally, the word ends with the short "u" sound, as in "cut". Altogether, the phonetic transcription for "porath" is /pəˈræθ/.