cian

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  1. eadh c. 52 5; is c. bhus 14 12, 21 36; is c. do-clos 47 9; -imneadh 76 8.
  2. f. c. ó shoin 12 18, 48 22; an gcéin do bhí 14 24; í gcéin 2 7 n; i gcém ’s i ngar 51 14; ó chianaibh “just mentioned” or “in the past” 6 6, 10 24, 36 20, TD 20 33.

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.

f. distance; in phrases a ccéin in the past 1907; a ccianaibh far 2259.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

i gcéin 2018 n; ó chianaibh 3602 n.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

long distant (of space or time), ‘diu,’ 2399; ní cian go, ‘it was not long till,’ 9000; i gcéin, ‘far away, at a long distance,’ 745, 1110, 3101; often an gcéin, ‘as long as, while,’ with verb in relat., 390, 1467, 2346, 2790

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.