"cair" meaning in Old Irish

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Adverb

IPA: [karʲ]
Etymology: Univerbation of cía (“what?”) + air (“for”), although the existence of Middle Welsh pyr (“why?”) suggests the univerbation may have happened already in Proto–Insular Celtic. Thurneysen suggests that the above etymology applies only to the sense “why?”, while the interrogative particle is from Latin quaere. This seems unnecessary, especially since quaere itself is never used this way. Etymology templates: {{univ|sga|cía|air|t1=what?|t2=for}} Univerbation of cía (“what?”) + air (“for”), {{cog|wlm|pyr|t=why?}} Middle Welsh pyr (“why?”), {{m-g|why?}} “why?”, {{der|sga|la|quaere}} Latin quaere Head templates: {{head|sga|adverb|cat2=interrogative adverbs}} cair
  1. why?
    Sense id: en-cair-sga-adv-9bK5i~RL

Particle

IPA: [karʲ]
Etymology: Univerbation of cía (“what?”) + air (“for”), although the existence of Middle Welsh pyr (“why?”) suggests the univerbation may have happened already in Proto–Insular Celtic. Thurneysen suggests that the above etymology applies only to the sense “why?”, while the interrogative particle is from Latin quaere. This seems unnecessary, especially since quaere itself is never used this way. Etymology templates: {{univ|sga|cía|air|t1=what?|t2=for}} Univerbation of cía (“what?”) + air (“for”), {{cog|wlm|pyr|t=why?}} Middle Welsh pyr (“why?”), {{m-g|why?}} “why?”, {{der|sga|la|quaere}} Latin quaere Head templates: {{head|sga|particle|cat2=interrogative particles}} cair
  1. particle introducing a direct question, generally used in addition to another question word such as in or a wh-word
    Sense id: en-cair-sga-particle-EfTFtliS Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish interrogative particles, Old Irish particles, Old Irish univerbations Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 7 1 1 8 14 0 0 5 0 14 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 15 2 1 5 2 5 1 5 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 1 1 7 16 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 1 1 6 1 4 1 6 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Old Irish interrogative particles: 9 91 Disambiguation of Old Irish particles: 2 98 Disambiguation of Old Irish univerbations: 3 97
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