cuin

cuin

See also: Cuin

Old Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis. See also Latin quando, Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”).[1]

Adverb

cuin

1. when

   Cuin do·rega? – "When will he come?"

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: cuin

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cuine

Etymology

From Old Irish cuin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuɲ/

Adverb

cuin

1. (interrogative) when (at what time)

   Cuin a bhios tu deiseil? - When will you be ready?

   Chan eil fhios agam cuin a dh'fhalbhas e. - I don't know when he will leave.

Usage notes

• If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.

Derived terms

• ge be cuin