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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ad·condairc, perfect of ad·cí, from the Proto-Celtic stem *derk-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
Verb
chonaic
- analytic past indicative independent of feic (“see”)
Chonaic mé an mhuc mhór.- I saw the big pig.
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 262, page 133
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 233, page 48
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 177
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 218, page 113
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 589, page 211
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 240, page 88