conna

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • cona
  • coná, conná (in some editions, on the assumption that the a was long)

Etymology

Univerbation of co (so that, nasalizing) + (not)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkon͈a]

Conjunction

conna (abbreviated ɔna)

  1. so thatnot, lest
    Synonym: coní
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27c4
      Ɔna tíssed etir in dígal; níba samlid insin, acht du·fïastar tra cenn-som.
      So that the punishment should not come at all; that will not be so, but punishment will be inflicted because of them.

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