conna

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cona
• coná,conná(in some editions, on the assumption that theawas long)

Etymology

Univerbationofco(“so that”,nasalizing)+‎ná(“not”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈkon͈a]

Conjunction

conna(abbreviatedɔna)

1. so that…not,lest

   Synonym:coní

   • c.800–825,Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^c4

     Ɔnatíssed etir in dígal; níba samlid insin, acht du·fïastar tra cenn-som.

     So thatthe punishment shouldnotcome at all; that will not be so, but punishment will be inflicted because of them.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 co”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf(1940, reprinted 2017)D. A. BinchyandOsborn Bergin,transl.,A Grammar of Old Irish,Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,→ISBN,§ 896,pages554–55