chonaic

Irish

Alternative forms

• chonnaic, chonnairc (superseded)
• chnuic (Munster)
• thainic, thanaic, thannaic (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·condairc, perfect of ad·cí, from the Proto-Celtic stem *derk-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈxn̪ˠɪc/ (corresponding to the spelling chnuic)
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈxanʲɪc/ (as if spelled chainic)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnʲɪc/ (corresponding to the form thainic); /ˈhanˠɪc/ (corresponding to the form thanaic); /ˈhan̪ˠɪc/ (corresponding to the form thannaic)

Verb

chonaic

1. analytic past indicative independent of feic (“see”)

   Chonaic mé an mhuc mhór.

   I saw the big pig.

Related terms

• faca (dependent)