cía

See also: CIA, cia, and cià

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲiːa̯/

Pronoun

cía

  1. (interrogative) who?
    • c. 1160, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 3:
      Tabair dóibsium dib línaib, cumma cía thóetsat imbi.
      Give it to them both, it doesn’t matter who will fall because of it.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cía chía cía
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Verb

cía

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ciar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ciar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ciar.
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