cén chaoi
Irish
Alternative forms
- cia an chaoi (obsolete)
Pronunciation
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Adverb
cén chaoi (followed by the indirect relative a)
- (interrogative) how
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
- ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
- conventional orthography: Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?
- How are you, father? (could be addressed to one’s own father or to a priest, as in English)
- conventional orthography: Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?
- ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
Synonyms
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN