chunnaic

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

chonnaic
chunna (North Argyll, Skye, Perthshire)

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·condairc, perfect of ad·cí, from the Proto-Celtic stem *derk-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxun̪ˠɪc/

Verb

chunnaic

past indicative independent of faic
Chunnaic sinn taigh. ― We saw a house.

Chunnaic i tobhta. ― She saw a ruin.

Usage notes

The dependent form is faca.

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