céard

See also: ceard, ceàrd, and cèard

Irish

Alternative forms

  • créad (literary)

Etymology

Univerbation of (what) +‎ rud (thing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ceːɾˠd̪ˠ/[1]

Pronoun

céard

  1. (Connacht) what
    Synonyms: (Munster, Ulster) cad, cad é
    Céard é féin?
    What is it?

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 172

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “r’d”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 381; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “céard”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “céard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall; Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991), “céard”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
  • Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020), “céard”, 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