Forms: coteeet, codde, cate, cati, cáte, catte, catde, cateat, cateet, catiat, caite, caiti, cade, cadeat, cadiat, caide, caidi, caidet, caidiat, caidhe, caidhi, caidhet, cat, cad, cád, gad, gád, cateet
(co + de (3s.n. ofprep. di), Quin,Ériu xx 140 - 150 ). c.¤ ,Wb. 10d28 . 12c36 . 13d25 . coteeet, 9a17 . codde,TBC-I¹ 1279 . cate,Wb. 4d23 . 25c23 . 27a13 .Ml. 80c2 .Críth G. 284 .LU 1486 . cati,Críth G. 570 . cáte,LU 5349 . catte,Wb. 19d22 . catde,O'Curry 880 (H 3.18, 394a ). cateat,Wb. 31a7 (withpl. ending) (recte 31b , seeZCP xvii 223 ),Trip.² 554 . cateet,Wb. 5c16 . catiat,IT iii 237.82 . caite,Laws iii 42.18 .Críth G. 290 .AFM i 6.z . caiti (caide,v.l.),Críth G. 252 .Hib. Min. 8.264 (cati,v.l.). cade,SR 7957 .TBC-I¹ 1302 .Ériu iv 142.15 . cadeat,Críth G. 10 (MS.).MU² 113 . cadiat (sic MS.),Ériu iv 144 § 20 . caide,Críth G. 19 (MS.).ZCP viii 112.24 .Fél. 4.26 . caidi,Críth G. 89 (MS.).TBC-I¹ 681 . caidet,BB 317a23 . caidiat,Laws v 438.17 Comm. caidhe,IGT Decl. ex. 481 (: aire). ex. 1323 (: bhaile). caidhi,BColm. 60.17 . caidhet,Prolegomena 50.13 . cat,Laud 610, 24a (Plummer MS. notes).SG 39.30 . cad, cád, gad, gád are proscribed forms inIGT Introd. § 16 .
Earliest meaningwhatis thenature of? inwhatconsists? asbeir cate infírinne hó hiriss? gl. quae . . . est iustitia,Wb. 4d23 . cate imdibe crist?, 27a13 . cate a lethrand?Corm. Bodl. 34.27 . caide an inneōin threbtha?,ZCP viii 112.19 .
More us. as simpleinterrog.what (is)?: cate ṅdixnigedar? gl. quæ est?Ml. 80c2 . gl. quod est? 103d24 . cateetdiuitiae sund?,Wb. 5c16 . cati trī tūatha . . . nā robáidh díliu?ZCP iv 236.18 . caidi ced-ainm in chairn chuirr?,Metr. Dinds. iii 356.7 . caidhe an ní as Dia don duine?,DDána 10.27 . innis dam cat fár shiris ar dhiaetc.,SG 39.30 .
What is?where is? in rhetorical questions inviting neg. answer; whence in generalwhere is? catte . . . farfailtesin (sic) frinn? gl. ubi est ergo beatitudo uestra?Wb. 19d22 . caidhe an t-easpag eile acht Eoin?,Arch. Hib. i 92 § xxiii . caidi do brig ┐ do nert annosa?what has happened to your strength?Aen. 2664 . cade Diarmait?where is D.?Anecd. i 8.21 (SCano 253 ). caidi sund in Blāthnad?,Ériu ii 30.11 . d'iar[r]aidh fhessa . . . cuith a roiphi in ingen,TTebe 33 .