cad é
Irish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From early modern caidhe, from Old Irish cote (“what is the nature of? of what kind is?”).[1][2] Reanalyzed as cad (“what”) + é (“it”) in the modern language. Compare Scottish Gaelic dè, gu dè.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]cad é (followed by the direct relative particle a in a clause with a finite verb)
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cote”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ E. G. Quin (1966) “Irish Cote”, in Ériu, volume xx, →JSTOR, pages 140–150
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 693, page 370
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cad é”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN