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cad é

See also: cade, Cade, cadé, cadê, and -cade

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From early modern caidhe, from Old Irish cote (“what is the nature of? of what kind is?”).[1][2] Compare Scottish Gaelic dè, gu dè.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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cad é (followed by the direct relative particle a in a clause with a finite verb)

  1. (Ulster) what?
    Cad é an t-am é?
    What time is it?
    Cad é a fuair tú?
    What did you find?

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cote”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ E. G. Quin (1966) “Irish Cote”, in Ériu, volume xx, →JSTOR, pages 140–150

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