gá, cá
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(may lenite—at least in some cases, gá fhios, gá fheirrde, cf. 28 P 8 211); what; cá fear, bean, hinnmhe + rel. clause 16 19, 36 25, 77 29, 85 1; cá fad, fios, briogh etc. vid. fad, etc.; gá d’ulc vid. olc; gá beag is it not enough, gá beag damh a ndubhart 13 24; gá beag dúinn mar fhachain dá adhmholadh 76 15; cá beag dod bhuaidh do hairmheadh 88 18; cá beag dom mealladh meise 98 7; cá, gá + comparatives; gá hannsa é how can it be preferable 37 23; cá córa dhamh sal orm ná dhuit 94 30; gá fearr téaghadh air could there be a better way to heat it 67 32; gá feirrde goimh m’fheirge .. . dá bhfolchainn would my anger be less fierce for being hidden 40 4; gá gloine gréas could ornament be better 86 27; gá goire dheit é ó Mhuire because of Mary’s existence it surely could not be any closer to Thee 89 21; ga deise dhamh (text?) 82 9; gá mó glas could chain be heavier 66 6, 77 8; cá mó iongnadh dhó nar chuir sé could aught be stranger than his not putting . . .71 8; cá mó breis what more could I expect 77 12; cá meisde dhó é what harm could it do him 30 20; cá meisde glas . . . what harm were a chain (on him) . . . 77 25; gá truaighe cás could ruin be greater 26 5; gá husa a n-áireamh fa thrí 69 9 n.; vid. infra gár; gá, cá, + verb (eclipsed), cá (where) bhfuighe 32 11; cá (whither) raghad 24 12; gá dtu, dú, dtám, dám, dtás, dás (damh, dó, etc.) (acht), in short, finally, even, etc. 5 5, 12 2, 23 20, 70 4; gá dás grádh ag duine dhó how can anyone love it 13 25; ag labhra fós dínn gá dás why should I keep discussing 17 26.
Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.
interr. adj. what, which; gá dóibh 2981; cá fir 2996. With pret. of copula; gár mhó 2724. In phrase gá dtámaid in short 2841.
Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.