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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Czech

Noun

 n

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Derived terms


French

Noun

 m (plural cés)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡seː]

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Icelandic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː
  • Homophone:

Noun

 n (genitive singular cés, nominative plural )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Declension


Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ceː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (from which also Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Alternative forms

  • cia (obsolete)

Pronoun

(triggers h-prothesis of a following disjunctive pronoun é, í, iad; followed by a relative clause)

  1. (interrogative) who?
    hé?
    Who is he?
    hí an bhean sin?
    Who is that woman?
    a dhéanfaidh é?
    Who will do it?
Usage notes

Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:

  • aige an fíon?
    Who has the wine?
  • dó ar thug tú é?
    Who did you give it to?

In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:

  • air a bhfuil an leabhar?
    What is the book on?
Derived terms
  • cén (what, which? (singular))
  • cé na (what, which? (plural))
  • cér, cérb (who is?)
  • cér, cérbh (who was?)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cía (although).

Particle

  1. Only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé nár

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (enclosure), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (pen, enclosure) (from which also Welsh cae (hedge)).

Alternative forms

  • céadh
  • céibh (Cois Fharraige)
  • céidh

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural céanna)

  1. quay, wharf, pier
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ché gcé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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