cé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛː]
Derived terms
French
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡seː]
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Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ceː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (from which also Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Alternative forms
- cia (obsolete)
Pronoun
cé (triggers h-prothesis of a following disjunctive pronoun é, í, iad; followed by a relative clause)
- (interrogative) who?
- Cé hé?
- Who is he?
- Cé hí an bhean sin?
- Who is that woman?
- Cé a dhéanfaidh é?
- Who will do it?
Usage notes
Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:
- Cé aige an fíon?
- Who has the wine?
- Cé dó ar thug tú é?
- Who did you give it to?
In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:
- Cé air a bhfuil an leabhar?
- What is the book on?
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (from which also Welsh cae (“hedge”)).
Alternative forms
- céadh
- céibh (Cois Fharraige)
- céidh
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cé | ché | gcé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 cía (‘who’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 cía (‘although’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “céibe (‘quay’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- “cé” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “céaḋ (‘quay’)” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "cé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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