cuin

See also: Cuin, cu in, and cu. in.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷani.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís. Cognate with Welsh pan (“when”, conjunction), Cornish pan (“when”, conjunction) Breton pa (“when”, conjunction). Compare also Latin quando, Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kunʲ]

Adverb

cuin

  1. when
    Cuin do·rega?
    When will he come?

Derived terms

  • cíachuin
    • Classical Gaelic: cá chuin

Descendants

  • Scottish Gaelic: cuin

Mutation

Mutation of cuin
radical lenition nasalization
cuin chuin cuin
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 524.3), page 205

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cuin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰuɲ/

Adverb

cuin

  1. (interrogative) when (at what time)
    Cuin a bhios tu deiseil? - When will you be ready?
    Chan eil fhios agam cuin a dh'fhalbhas e. - I don't know when he will leave.

Usage notes

Derived terms

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