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'''ca''' (''runic:'''ᚷᚭ''''')
'''ca''' (''runic:'''ᚷᚭ''''')
# ''Introduces "wh-" questions:''
# ''Introduces "wh-" questions:''
#: '''''Cà''' se?'' - '''What''' is this?
#: '''''Cà'''ırse? '''Cà'''ırsí?'' - '''Who''' is that? '''Who''' is she?
#: '''''Ca''' toıde tàr se?'' - '''What''' does it mean?
#: '''''Ca''' toıde tàr se?'' - '''What''' does it mean?
# ''Fronts a relative argument:''
# ''Fronts a relative argument:''
#: '''''Ca''' toıde tháır se, ar déa na mırphell.'' - '''What''' it means is, they are in a predicament.
#: '''''Ca''' toıde tháır se, ar déa na mırphell.'' - '''What''' it means is, they are in a predicament.
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Annerish lemmata|ca]] [[Category:Annerish verbs|ca]]
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Annerish lemmata|ca]] [[Category:Annerish verbs|ca]]

Revision as of 06:13, 19 June 2023

Middle Annerish

Etymology 1

Per Bernthaler from Germanic *haitaną with influence from Goidelic caí ("laments"); if so, doublet of hét.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑː/ [kʰɑˑ]

Verb

(runic:ᚷᚭ)

  1. (intr.; +ᴠᴏᴄ.) To be called; one's name is …
    Only ɪᴍᴘᴇʀꜰ. (ɴᴀʀ.) and ᴘʀᴇᴛ. forms are attested
    cechat or cıchet
    cá (cà), cáım, cáıdí

ɴ.ʙ.

The first edition of the Bésgnae Béırle coined the verbal noun cás by analogy with bás;
Since both ᴘʀᴇᴛ. and ꜰᴜᴛ. can be formed by reduplication, ᴘᴀss. ɪʀʀ. cıcher and ᴄᴏɴᴅ. cıchır were given by the institution but are seldom seen in practice.

Etymology 2

Per Teagan from a .

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑ/ [kʰɑ]

Particle

ca (runic:ᚷᚭ)

  1. Introduces "wh-" questions:
    se? - What is this?
    ırse? ırsí? - Who is that? Who is she?
    Ca toıde tàr se? - What does it mean?
  2. Fronts a relative argument:
    Ca toıde tháır se, ar déa na mırphell. - What it means is, they are in a predicament.