Irish

Alternative forms

• cia an chaoi (obsolete)

Adverb

cén chaoi (followed by the indirect relative a)

1. (interrogative) how
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:

     ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?

     conventional orthography: Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?

     How are you, father? (could be addressed to one’s own father or to a priest, as in English)

Synonyms

• cad é mar
• conas

References

• "cé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.