cuin

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *kʷani. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís. Cognate with Welsh pan (“when”, conjunction), Cornish pan (“when”, conjunction) Breton pa (“when”, conjunction). Compare also Latin quando, Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkunʲ/ === Adverb === cuin when ==== Derived terms ==== cíachuin Classical Gaelic: cá chuin Irish: cathain ==== Descendants ==== Manx: cuin Scottish Gaelic: cuin === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === cuine === Etymology === From Old Irish cuin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰuɲ/ === Adverb === cuin (interrogative) when (at what time) Cuin a bhios tu deiseil? - When will you be ready? Chan eil fhios agam cuin a dh'fhalbhas e. - I don't know when he will leave. ==== Usage notes ==== If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used. ==== Derived terms ==== ge be cuin