Contionary:cá

Middle Annerish

Etymology 1

Superficially similar to Goidelic cía, but Teagan argues for a derivation from the verb below.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑ/ [kʰɑ]

Particle

ca (runic:ᚷᚭ)

1. Introduces "wh-" questions:

   Cà se? - What is this?

   Càırse? Càırsí? - 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.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /kˠɑː/ [kʰɑˑ]

Verb

cà (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.