cach la céin

Old Irish

Etymology

Literally, “each (one) at a period of time”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌkax la ˈkʲeːnʲ]

Phrase

cach la céin

1. at the one time

Quotations

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 40^b8

  cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rét

  at the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him