chonaic

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·condairc, perfect of ad·cí, from the Proto-Celtic stem *derk-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (to see).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /xn̪ˠɪc/[1] ~ /hn̪ˠic/ ~ /hnʲic/[2] (corresponding to the spelling chnuic)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): (Aran) /ˈxɞn̪ˠic/[3]; (Cois Fharraige) [ˈxaːnʲic] ~ [ˈhaːnʲic] ~ /ˈxinʲic/ ~ [ˈxaːɲc][4]; (Mayo) /ˈhanʲic/ (corresponding to the form thainic)[5]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈhenʲic/ (corresponding to the form thainic); /ˈhanˠic/ (corresponding to the form thanaic); /ˈhan̪ˠic/ (corresponding to the form thannaic)[6], /ˈhenʲi/ (before a subject pronoun)[7]

Verb

chonaic

  1. analytic past indicative independent of feic (see)
    Chonaic mé an mhuc mhór.
    I saw the big pig.

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