cathain

See also: Cathain

Irish

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic cá chuin, from Old Irish cíachuin (literally “what when?”), from cía + cuin.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkahənʲ/^[2]

Adverb

cathain (followed by the direct relative)

(Munster) when (interrogative)
Synonyms: (Ulster) cá huair, (Connacht) cén uair

Cathain a thiocfaidh tú abhaile?
When will you come home?

Cathain atá an bus ag teacht?
When is the bus coming?

Cathain a d'fhág siad?
When did they leave?

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cathain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “cathain”, 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

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