caru
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caru m sg (feminine singular cara, neuter singular caro, masculine plural caros, feminine plural cares)
Antonyms[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
caru m
- inflection of cars:
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō. Cognate with Old Saxon kara, Old High German kara, Old Norse kǫr (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caru f
Usage notes[edit]
The declension table below shows the inherited forms of caru, with a-restoration and palatal diphthongization before front vowels. This distinction was often leveled in both directions, giving alternative forms such as nom. sg. ċearu and dat. sg. care.
Declension[edit]
Declension of caru (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *karɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈka(ː)ri/
- Rhymes: -arɨ
Verb[edit]
caru (first-person singular present caraf)
- (transitive) to love, like
- Antonym: casáu
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | caraf | ceri | câr, cara | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carant | cerir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
carwn | carit | carai | carem | carech | carent | cerid | |
preterite | cerais | ceraist | carodd | carasom | carasoch | carasant | carwyd | |
pluperfect | caraswn | carasit | carasai | carasem | carasech | carasent | carasid, caresid | |
present subjunctive | carwyf | cerych | caro | carom | caroch | caront | carer | |
imperative | — | cara | cared | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carent | carer | |
verbal noun | caru | |||||||
verbal adjectives | caredig caradwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cara i, caraf i | cari di | carith o/e/hi, cariff e/hi | carwn ni | carwch chi | caran nhw |
conditional | carwn i, carswn i | caret ti, carset ti | carai fo/fe/hi, carsai fo/fe/hi | caren ni, carsen ni | carech chi, carsech chi | caren nhw, carsen nhw |
preterite | carais i, cares i | caraist ti, carest ti | carodd o/e/hi | caron ni | caroch chi | caron nhw |
imperative | — | cara | — | — | carwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
caru | garu | ngharu | charu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Asturian terms derived from Latin
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- Latvian non-lemma forms
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- ang:Emotions
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂-
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- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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- Rhymes:Welsh/arɨ
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