cionnas

Irish

Pronunciation

Adverb

cionnas

  1. alternative form of conas (“how”)

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cindas; contraction of cia (“what, which”) + ionnas (“state, matter”). Cognate to Irish conas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲũn̪ˠəs̪/

Adverb

cionnas (Lewis, Mackay Country, Sutherland, Ross-shire, otherwise archaic)

  1. how, what manner, by what means
    Cionnas a tha thu ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig? ― By what means are you learning Gaelic?
    Cionnas a tha sibh? ― How are you?

Synonyms

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