cén chaoi

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cia an chaoi (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Adverb

cén chaoi (followed by the indirect relative a)

  1. (Connacht) how (interrogative)
    Synonyms: (Ulster) cad é mar, (Munster) conas
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
      ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
      [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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 350, page 69
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 434, page 161

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020), “cén chaoi”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go, New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19
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