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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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cha, cha'n, not, Ir. nocha n-, O. Ir. ní con aspirating. The particle no or nu is no part of this negative: only ní and con, "non quod", con being the same as gu'n. Aspirating power of it is as yet unexplained. Ulster Ir. cha.
chaidh, went, ivit, Ir. cochuaidh, O. Ir. dochóid, he went, *coud-; Skr. codati, make haste, codayati, drive, códa, a goad; Eng. shoot. See deach.
chaoidh, for ever, Ir. choidhche, E. Ir. chaidche, coidchi; for co-aidche, gu oidhche, "till night".
cheana, already, Ir. cheana, E. Ir. chena, in sooth, quidem, jam, ol chena, ar chena, O. Ir. cene, olchene; from cen-é, "without this", root in gun, without, cion, want.
chi, will see, Ir. chidhim, chím, O. Ir. atchí, videt, *ad-cesiô, *kesiô; Skr. caksh, see, for *ca-kas; Lat. canus (*cas-no-?), grey; Ag. S. hasu, grey, Eng. hare. See chunnaic, faic. The aspiration of chì is due to the lost ad- initial, which is confused with the verbal particle do, a.
cho, co, as, so, Ir. comh, W. cyn; from com, with. See comh-. Gaelic "Cho dubh ri feannaig" = Welsh "Cyn ddued a'r frân".
chon, to; dialectic form of gu. The n belongs to the article. Also thun; q.v. Compare chugad and thugad to chon and thun in phonetics.
chuala, heard, Ir. do chuala, O. Ir. rochúala, W. cigleu, *kuklova; root kleu as in cluinn, q.v.
chugad, towards thee, so Ir., O. Ir. chucut, *cu-cu-t, where the prep. cu or gu, to, is reduplicated. See gu. The t or -ut is for tu, q.v. So with chuga, chuige, etc.
chum, chùm, a chum, to, for, in order to, Ir. chum, do chum, O. Ir. dochum n-, dochom n-; an idiomatic use of com, side? Cf. Eng. side, beside.
chun, to, until; see chon.
chunnaic, saw, Ir. chonacadar, they saw, O. Ir. conaca, vidi; from con+faic; for con, see comh-, and see faic. The old past was chunnairc, still used in Ir. as chonnairc, from con+dearc, q.v.
cia, who, what, Ir. cia, O. Ir. cía, W. pwy, Cor. pyu, Br. piu, *qei; Lat. qui (Old Lat. quei). See further under co.
ciabh, a lock of hair, so Ir., E. Ir. ciab: *kes-abu-, kes of cas?
'Ciadaoin, Di-ciadaoin, Wednesday, Ir. Céadaoin, O. Ir. cétáin, first fast, "Day of the First Fast". The first weekly fast was the latter half of Wednesday, the next was Friday - Di-h-aoine. Thursday is the day "Between two fasts" - Diardaoin, q.v. See further under Di-.
ciagach, sly-jumoured (Dialectic):
cial, side or brim of a vessel; see ciobhull.
