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Irish
Etymology
From Classical Gaelic cá chuin, from Old Irish cíachuin (literally “what when?”), from cía + cuin.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
cathain (followed by the direct relative)
- (Munster) when (interrogative)
- Synonyms: (Ulster) cá huair, (Connacht) cén uair
Cathain a thiocfaidh tú abhaile?- When will you come home?
Cathain atá an bus ag teacht?- When is the bus coming?
Cathain a d'fhág siad?- When did they leave?
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cathain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “cathain”, 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