cathain

See also: Cathain

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈhɪnʲ/, /ˈkahənʲ/

Adverb

cathain (followed by the direct relative)

1. (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?

Further reading

• Kuninao Nashimoto (2020 March) ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 (Nyū ekusupuresu purasu Airurando-go) [New Express Plus Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50