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conas

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See also: coñas

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cindas; equivalent to cá (“what, which”) + ionnas (“state, matter”). Cognate to Scottish Gaelic cionnas.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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conas (followed by the direct relative particle a)

  1. (Munster) how, what manner
    Synonyms: (Ulster) cad é mar, (Connacht) cén chaoi
    Conas a rinne tú é? ― How did you do it?
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 195:
      Ar maidin nuair eirigh Máire ní raibh aon phioc do’n bhfáinne ar a méir agus ní raibh fhios aici connus a imthigh sé no connus a chaill sí é, ach bhí sí go cráidhte.
      In the morning when Máire got up there was not a bit of the ring on her finger and she didn't know how it was gone or how she had lost it, but she was brokenhearted.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “conas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 66, page 15
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 257, page 70; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
  5. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 21, page 29

Further reading

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  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cionnas, cionnus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 140
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “conas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “conas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “conas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
  • Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “conas”, 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


Portuguese

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Noun

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conas

  1. plural of cona
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