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Irish
Etymology
Univerbation of cé (“what”) + rud (“thing”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
céard
- (Connacht) what
- Synonyms: (Munster, Ulster) cad, cad é
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “céard”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “céard”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
- Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “céard”, 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