Latvian edit

Adjective edit

cauru

  1. inflection of caurs:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cauru f (genitive caírech, nominative plural caírig)

  1. sheep

Inflection edit

Feminine k-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cauru caírigL caírig
Vocative cauru caírigL caírcha
Accusative caírigN caírigL caírcha
Genitive caírech caírech caírechN
Dative caírigL caírchaib, caírib caírchaib, caírib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: cáera

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cauru chauru cauru
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit