cén chaoi

Irish

Alternative forms

cia an chaoi (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ceːnˈxiː/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cɛˈxiː/

Adverb

cén chaoi (followed by the indirect relative a)

(Connacht) how (interrogative)
Synonyms: (Ulster) cad é mar, (Munster) conas
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
  ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
  [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

Derived terms

cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Kuninao Nashimoto (2020 March) ニューエクスプレスプラスアイルランド語 (Nyū Ekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go) [New Express Plus Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17-19

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