conas

See also: coñas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cindas; equivalent to cá (“what, which”) + ionnas (“state, matter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəsˠ/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /knɞs/[1]

Adverb

conas (followed by the direct relative particle a)

  1. (Munster) how, what manner
    Synonyms: (Ulster) cad é mar, (Connacht) cén chaoi
    Conas a rinne tú é? ― How did you do it?

Derived terms

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 190

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cionnas, cionnus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 140
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “conas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “conas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “conas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “conas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Kuninao Nashimoto (March 2020) ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [New Express Plus Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17-19

Portuguese

Noun

conas

  1. plural of cona
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