cía

See also: CIA, cia, and cià

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronoun

cía

  1. (interrogative) who?
    • c. 1160, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 3:
      Tabair dóibsium dib línaib, cumma cía thóetsat imbi.
      Give it to them both, it doesn’t matter who will fall because of it.

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

cía

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ciar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ciar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ciar.
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