cén chaoi

Irish

Alternative forms

cia an chaoi (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cɛˈxiː/

Adverb

cén chaoi (followed by the indirect relative a)

(interrogative) how
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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)

Synonyms

References

"cé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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