cad é

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

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /kəˈdʲeː/

Pronoun

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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Derived terms

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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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