conas

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

cá + ionnas (“state, matter”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊnˠəsˠ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /knɞs/[1]

conas (followed by the direct relative particle a)

1. how, what manner

   Conas atá tú? ― How are you?

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

This form is preferred in the Standard language and in Munster dialect.

• cad é mar
• cén chaoi

• “cionnas, cionnus” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 140.
• "conas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “conas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “conas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “conas” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

conas

1. plural of cona