cad1, interr. pron. (Used in direct and indirect questions)1. What. (a) (With copula) ~ is ainm duit? What is your name? ~ is cúis leis? What is the cause of it? ~ ab áil leat díom? What would, do, you want with me? ~ is pósadh ann? What is marriage? (b) (With other verbs) ~ tá ort? What is wrong with you? ~ deir sé? What does he say? ~ (é) deir tú? You don’t tell me so! ~ a bhain duit? What happened you? ~ a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? What shall we do now without timber? (c) (With prep. pron.) ~ chuige? Why. ~ chuige ar bhuail tú é? Why did you beat him? ~ chuige a bhfuil sé díom? What does he want with me? ~ chuige nach bhfaca tú é? Surely you saw it? Ní bhfuair mé in aon chor é. ~ chuige? I didn’t get it at all. Why? ~ air a raibh sé ag caint? What was he talking about? ~ as duit? Where are you from? ~ as ar tháinig tú? Where did you come from? (d)~ fá? Why? ~ fá ar thréig tú iad? Why did you desert them? (e) (With prep. phrases) ~ mar gheall air? What about it? ~ ina thaobh? (i) What about it? (ii) Why? ~ ar a shon? What for? Wherefore? (f)~ eile? What else. How else? ~ eile mar a déarfainn é? How else should I say it? (As exclamation) ~ eile! Of course! 2. (Combines with é to form interrogative phrase ~ é) What. (a) (Used without verb, copula being understood) ~ é an t-am é? What time is it? ~ é an mhaith é? What good is it? ~ é an locht sin air? What fault is that in him? ~ é a fhios agam? How do I know? S.a. rud 1(c).(b) (With copula) ~ é is cúis leis? What is the cause of it? ~ é is fearr leat? What do you prefer? ~ é ba chóir dom a rá? What should I say, have said? (c) (With other verbs) ~ é tá agat? What have you? ~ é a fuair tú? What did you get? ~ é a bheadh orm gan dul ann? Why should I not go there? (d) (With noun and verb) ~ é an mhaith atá ann? What good is it? ~ é an deireadh a bhí air? What was the end of it? ~ é an deifir atá ort? What is your hurry? ~ é an donas a tháinig ort? What the dickens happened you? ~ é an rud is measa ar bith? What is the worst thing of all? ~ é scéal agat? How are things? ~ é (an) mórtas a bhí air! How proud he was! ~ é an stánadh atá agat orm? Why are you staring at me like that? (e) (As exclamation) ~ é mar olagón! What wailing! 3. (With mar) How. ~ é mar tá tú? How are you? ~ é mar rinne tú é? How did you do it?