interr. and conj.
when. See
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 201
,
205
. Cited in
list of interrogatives,
Laws v 6.1
ff. Comm.
c.¤ . . . cóir,
IGT Introd. § 16
. Often with prec. cía, cá, gé, gid:
ata acht gidh
┐ acht gidh cuich ┐ acht gidh c.¤ arna cur roim na foclaibh sea
romaind . . . ar son acht gidh be,
IGT Metr. Faults§ 24
.
Note also:
gé ch.¤ c[óir], gidh ch.¤ l[ochdach],
IGT
(unpublished) cited
Duan. F. ii 276
. The form gé ch.¤
is used
regularly in IGT Verbs to introduce subjunctive forms in
the paradigms given.
(a) In direct questions: ciachuin gl. quando (inquit,) . . .
priuabitur ?
Ml. 61b9
. c.¤ as (is, MSS) flaith ?
Críth G. 256
.
c.¤ ata eiric eisce do duine ?,
Laws iii 138.1
. c.¤ bídh guth ?
Ériu xiii 36.9
.
cia ch.¤ dogén-sa molad duit ?,
Trip.² 2863
.
c.¤ dorega ?,
LU 10402
.
c.¤ robo Temair Temair ?,
Metr. Dinds. i
2.4
.
c.¤ is aonda in beithi-luis-nion ?,
Auraic. 2866
.
c.¤ bhias i
gcaoin ré chéile / dias gaoil fhuil i n-aimhréidhe,
Dán Dé xi
3
. gé ch.¤ ríoghaimne `when shall we crown ?'
Aithd. D. 8.14
.
c.¤ do bhí againn t'éara ?,
DDána 29.25
.
c.¤ dorega se ?,
Lism. L. 755
.
(b) In indirect questions: ciach. gl. (interrogemus . . . )
quando (ita regnauerit),
Ml. 18a2
.
finta lat c.¤ ticfa midmedón
aidchi,
MU² 219
. ní fidir c.¤ doricfad a les an curach sin arís
`when she might need . . .',
Ériu iii 154 § 7
.
ni featatarsomh
. . . c.¤ doraghadh díle,
Leb. Gab.(i) 10.18
.
go dtuigfeadh . . . c.¤
do bhiadh féin marbh,
TSh. 1552
.
aisnéideadh neach é . . . /
i n-iath Chonmhaoil c.¤ do ró,
Ó Bruad. ii 102.14
. ?
cuinn
cái ┐ cuinn cáineth do dénum,
Laud 610, 24a
(Plummer MS
notes).
Perh. in meaning
whence
in:
abraid-si iarum . . . can bar
cenél ┐ c.¤ dodechaidbar isin indsi-se,
Ériu iv 140.18
.
(c) As conj.: ri ele c.¤ teid ímach / sluaighedhach when he
sets forth,
IT iii 103.11
. Usually with follg. subj. and with
sense of indefinite
whenever
: ci(d)p c.¤ ro-cara whenever he
likes,
ZCP xv 246 § 5
.i. cip c.¤ bes ro cartanach leis,
Laws
ii 206.14 Comm.
gidh c.¤ thís whenever you come,
DDána
25a.23
.
rí na ndúl cá ch.¤ do-chear,
37.39
(
IGT Decl. ex.
1229
). gidh choin tí (: ghoin) `when He comes',
Dán Dé v
15
.
gé c.¤ dech,
Duan. F. i 43.28
. Cf. giped ch.¤
`wann es
auch sei',
TBC-LL¹ 3338
.
cidh cian, cidh c.¤ is cidh mall,
AFM i
438.11
=
CS 136.4
.