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See also: Cuin
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. See also Latin quando, Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).[1]
Adverb[edit]
cuin
- when
- Cuin do·rega? – "When will he come?"
Descendants[edit]
- Scottish Gaelic: cuin
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
cuin
- (interrogative) when (at what time)
- Cuin a bhios tu deiseil? - When will you be ready?
- Chan eil fhios agam cuin a dh'fhalbhas e. - I don't know when he will leave.
Usage notes[edit]
- If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adverbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adverbs