"cá" meaning in Irish

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Adverb

IPA: /kɑː/ [Connacht, Munster], /kaː/ [Ulster]
Head templates: {{head|ga|adverb|cat2=interrogative adverbs|head=}} cá, {{ga-adv|type=interrogative}} cá
  1. where? Synonyms: cá háit, cén áit Related terms: cár (english: used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant), cárb, cárbh (english: used in copular constructions before a vowel)
    Sense id: en-cá-ga-adv-s~8ygck1 Categories (other): Irish determiners, Irish interrogative determiners Disambiguation of Irish determiners: 100 0 Disambiguation of Irish interrogative determiners: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

IPA: /kɑː/ [Connacht, Munster], /kaː/ [Ulster]
Head templates: {{head|ga|determiner|cat2=interrogative determiners}} cá
  1. what? Tags: triggers-h-prothesis Synonyms: cén [singular], cé na [plural] Derived forms: cá háit (english: where?), cá huair (english: when?)
    Sense id: en-cá-ga-det-LMmlmuFO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɑː/ [Connacht, Munster], /kaː/ [Ulster]
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun}} cá
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter k. Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-cá-ga-noun-gVqQ62Ga Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 3 0 97 Related terms: litir [Latin, letter-name], á [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], é [Latin, letter-name], eif [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], héis [Latin, letter-name], í [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], eil [Latin, letter-name], eim [Latin, letter-name], ein [Latin, letter-name], ó [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], ear [Latin, letter-name], eas [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], ú [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], wae [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], [Latin, letter-name], zae [Latin, letter-name] Related terms (Note): The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for cá meaning in Irish (4.5kB)

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          "english": "Where are you?",
          "text": "Cá bhfuil tú?",
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          "english": "Where did he go?",
          "text": "Cá ndeachaigh sé?",
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          "english": "Where are you?",
          "text": "Cá bhfuil tú?",
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          "english": "Where did he go?",
          "text": "Cá ndeachaigh sé?",
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          "english": "What profit is it to you?",
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      "word": "í"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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      ],
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      "word": "ear"
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      "word": "ú"
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      "word": "vé"
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