v later also caí(d)id. Early forms. Indic. pres. 2 s. cíi, RC xii 60.25 . 3 s. ciid , LU 10960 . cīit[h], ZCP viii 311.29 . coiid, PH 591 . rel. cías, (disyll.), Fél. Ep. 350 . ZCP viii 311.28 . cīaas, 198.14 . 3 pl. ciit, Anecd. i 59 § 77 . cíit, Ériu ii 194 § 9 . —chiat, Wb. 10b6 . -ciat, LL 13853 . Ipv. 2 s. cíi, LU 10964 . c, Imr. Brain 47.6 . 3 s. cíad, Ériu iii 98 § 11 . Subj. pres. 3 s. ? ce (cen, v.l.) chīe (disyll.), Corm. Y 419 . -cia, Fél.² clxx 13 . nochia, ZCP i 457.8 . 3 pl. ? cíad, O'Cl. Impf. 3 s. no chiad , SR 8018 . 3 pl. ní cetis , Wb. 10b6 (see GOI 386 ). fut. 1 s. ciche, Blathm. 589 . 1 pl. rel. cichme, LL 13833 n. 3 pl. cichit, LU 10396 . ? Condit. 3 pl. cichtis, Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 10.1 . Pret. and perf. 3 s. [cí]ch, Ml. 16c11 (see Thes. i 716 n. ). cích, LU 10964 (see GOI 428 ). rochich, BDD 106 v.l. RC xvii 188.y . co cich , Corp. Gen. 71.4 v.l. ciich, RC xii 60 § 18 . cichis, O'Cl. 3 pl. ro-chīchet, BDC 142.623​ . Pass. 3 s. nochiad, Metr. Dinds. iii 200.3 v.l. Later with s-pret. and f-future.

Vn. caí. IGT Verbs § 33 .

I Intrans. cries, weeps, laments : ro chí (ro chich, v.l.) Fer R., BDD 92 . cidh do dainib domain che / . . . na cifitis co cái cnet / tracht is loch o rociset, KMMisc. 152. 67 - 8 . a maccáin ná cí, LL 18483 quoted O'Cl. s.v. cí .i. caoi no gul. sini .i. sním ut est cíi nech níthsine, Ériu xiii 55 § 22 . sniit, ciit, golait, Anecd. i 59 § 77 . cid ma cidii (cini, v.l. Gl.) why are you weeping? TTebe 1249 . oighre Dé fá thrí a ttalamh / do chí sé dar slánughadh thrice wept when redeeming us, IGT Verbs ex. 329 . do chaoidhis dom láthair, TSh. 6093 . With adv. dat.: cach rosc atconnairc no ciad frassaib fola (of death of Cú Chulainn), LL 14279 . Of weeping or shouting for joy: ro chisset ar morḟailti (of sons of Jacob, cf. Gen. xlv), SR 3640 .

With prep. c.¤ for, fri cries to, at: Patraic . . . ro chí fora muime, Trip.² 115 `cried to his fostermother', Trip. 10 . rochi friu ┐ rospocc (of Clothru and brothers), BB 395a3 . cīid fri Dīa, ZCP iii 30.12 . ro chaiestair a pheacta fri Dia, AFM vi 2218.10 .

II Trans. weeps for, bewails : ni ciat súli ní nach aiccet (proverb), LL 13853 . cīit[h] . . . breth ruc in rī, ZCP viii 311.29 . caīfid A. . . . sin, Ériu xviii 58 § 5 .

With personal object mourns, weeps for: ní chí ceand ó Maine mhnaei, IGT Verbs ex. 324 . Of weeping in repentance: tidhnaic . . . aithricche dīchrae co rocīer (rocíur, v.l.) co serb cech sār, Otia ii 99.6 . ar cach ōin ro-chī / a chin, ACL iii 232 § 6 . caoi do cheana `peccata tua luge', TSh. 6781 .

In figura etymol.: in cói chías mo laíches, Ériu xx 196 § 24 . rochísit cáoi serb ina fīadnaisi, BColm. 96.5 . With dér: cach dér no cíthe co bráth, 14277 . rochāidhestar frasa dīana dēr, ZCP xiii 167.28 .