caru
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