cé acu
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Alternative forms
- cioca, ciaca, ciacu
Etymology
From cé + acu, third-person plural inflected form of ag (“at; of”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
- which
- Cé acu ceann is fearr? ― Which one is better?
Usage notes
When used with plural pronouns, the inflected form may appear twice. For example:
- Ní cinnte mise cé acu acu atá ann. ― I'm not sure which of them is there.
"Which of us" may be expressed as either cé againn, cé acu againn, or cé acu duine againn and similarly with agaibh.
- Cé acu duine agaibh is sine? ― Which of you is the older?
In certain questions, cé acu can replace the interrogative form of the copula an:
- Cé acu bád nó long í sin? ― Is that a boat or a ship?
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 87
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