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§ 119. VI. Interrogative Pronouns.
1. Co — whoi- Co e — Who is hei Co i — Who is shei Co
iad — Who are they ?
Co dhiùbh — Which of them ? Whether, indeed.
Co leis thu — Whose art thou ? To whom dost thou belong ?
Co uaidh — From whom ? Cha n'eil fhios a^am co iad —
/ do not know who they are.
Co do'n innis mi e — To whom shall I tell it ?
Co is i fhein {Who and herself ? i.e.) Whom will she marry ?
Cia — which ? Cia lion — How many ? Cia minig — How
often ?
Cia meud — How many ? Cia as a thàinig thu — Where have
you come from ?
Cia mòr do shaoibhreas — How great is thy richness : — La
Bhr. 159
Ciamar a tha thu — How are you ?
Cionnas (cia-indas) — how ? Cionnas a mhealas sibh gu
bràth — How will you ever enjoy ? : — La Bhr. 269
Ceana (cia ionadh) — whither ?
Cia fhad', a Thighearna — How long, Lord ? : — Ps. 79, 5
C'ainm a tha ort — What is thy name ?
C'àit an robh thu — Where were you ? : — C.G. 153
C'uime — Wherefore, why ?
C'eadh tha eadar fhlaitheamhnas agus iutham —
How far is it between heaven and hell ? : — Z.C.P. V. 462
Ciod — What is it ? O.G. cote ? pi. coteet ? Ciod uime ?
Why, wherefore ?
O ! ciod e Dia, no ciod e ainm ? —
what is God, or what is his name ? : — Mòrachd Dhè 1.
Ciod e, often spelt Gu de, De — What is it ?
The colloquial expressions De do bheachd ? De do bharail ?
What is yotir opinion ? throw doubt upon the form ciod e, and
especially ciod i. The gender (always mas.) and the pronunciation
generally, point to a connection with O.G. cote, catte, cate — What
is ? pi. cateet csitea.t— What are ?
Ciod e cosmhalachd ? What is a parable ? : — Cos. 1.
2. Dependent Interrogative :
Ag carnadh suas gun fhios CO dhà —
Heaping up (money) without knowing for whom : — Clasrach 7
Co ac' a b' eadh no nach b'eadh —
Whether he was or not : — Cuairt. 27, 68