See also: cibe and čibe

Irish

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Etymology

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Contracted from b’é (literally who/what it may be)

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Pronoun

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cibé

  1. whoever
    cibé atá annwhoever is there
    • 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Matthew 16:25:
      Óir cibé arb áil leis a anam a shaoradh, caillfidh sé é; ach cibé a chaillfidh a anam mar gheall ormsa, gheobhaidh sé é.
      For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
  2. whatever
    cibé is brí don mhagadh seowhatever point there is to this joking

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Determiner

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cibé

  1. whichever, whatever, what
    cibé leabhair atá fágthawhatever books are left

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