"cid ara" meaning in Old Irish

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Conjunction

Etymology: Literally “what for?” Etymology templates: {{m-g|what for?}} “what for?” Head templates: {{head|sga|conjunction|followed by a relative construction}} cid ara (followed by a relative construction)
  1. why?
    Sense id: en-cid_ara-sga-conj-9bK5i~RL Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "what for?"
      },
      "expansion": "“what for?”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally “what for?”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "3": "followed by a relative construction"
      },
      "expansion": "cid ara (followed by a relative construction)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
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  "pos": "conj",
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          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, paragraph 1, line 1",
          "roman": "Why is it called Críth Gablach?",
          "text": "Cid ara n-eperr Críth Gablach?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "You say, why do I say it to you sg?",
          "text": "As·berid-si, cid arind·epur frit?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.",
          "text": "Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fodaimi? Air it fírián-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n-as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n-erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírián inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.",
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        "why?"
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    }
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  "word": "cid ara"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "what for?"
      },
      "expansion": "“what for?”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally “what for?”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "conjunction",
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      },
      "expansion": "cid ara (followed by a relative construction)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
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        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Old Irish multiword terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, paragraph 1, line 1",
          "roman": "Why is it called Críth Gablach?",
          "text": "Cid ara n-eperr Críth Gablach?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "You say, why do I say it to you sg?",
          "text": "As·berid-si, cid arind·epur frit?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.",
          "text": "Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fodaimi? Air it fírián-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n-as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n-erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírián inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "why?"
      ],
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          "why",
          "why"
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  ],
  "word": "cid ara"
}

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