conas

See also: coñas

Irish

Alternative forms

• cionnas
• c'ionnas, cionnus, connus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cindas; equivalent to cá (“what, which”) + ionnas (“state, matter”). Cognate to Scottish Gaelic cionnas.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /kəˈn̪ˠɞsˠ/, /ˈkɞn̪ˠəsˠ/

Adverb

conas (followed by the direct relative particle a)

1. (Munster) how, what manner

   Synonyms: (Ulster) cad é mar, (Connacht) cén chaoi

   Conas a rinne tú é? ― How did you do it?

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 195:

     Ar maidin nuair eirigh Máire ní raibh aon phioc do’n bhfáinne ar a méir agus ní raibh fhios aici connus a imthigh sé no connus a chaill sí é, ach bhí sí go cráidhte.

     In the morning when Máire got up there was not a bit of the ring on her finger and she didn't know how it was gone or how she had lost it, but she was brokenhearted.

Derived terms

• conas tá tú?

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cionnas, cionnus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 140
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “conas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “conas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “conas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “conas”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go, New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19

Portuguese

Noun

conas

1. plural of cona