caur
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom the adverb cauri, from the same stem as the adjective caurs (“having a hole”) (q.v.).[1]
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editcaur (with accusative)
- through (indicating movement through something else)
- jāt caur mežu ― to ride through the forest
- līst caur žogu ― to sneak through the fence
- saule iespīdēja caur logu ― the sun shone through the window
- elpot caur degunu, caur muti ― to breathe through the nose, through the mouth
- through (simultaneously with, alternating with)
- smaidīt caur asāram ― to smile through the tears
- viņi runāja cits caur citu ― they talked through each other (= at the same time)
- through, via (with someone's help or participation)
- saņemt ziņas caur tēvu ― to receive news through / via (one's) father
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “caurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kawaros, cognate with the Germanic tribal name Charudes.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaur m (genitive caurad, nominative plural cauraid)
- hero, warrior
- c. 1100, Táin Bó Cúailnge (Strachan 1944, p 6):
- Luid Conchobar íarum ⁊ cóeca cairptech imbi do neoch ba ṡruithem ⁊ ba airegdam inna caurad.
- Then he set off together and fifty chariot-warriors around him, from anyone who was the noblest and most illustrious of the heroes.
- c. 1100, Táin Bó Cúailnge (Strachan 1944, p 6):
Declension
editMasculine t-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | caur | cauraidL, caur | cauraid |
Vocative | caur | cauraidL, caur | caurta |
Accusative | cauraidN | cauraidL, caur | caurta |
Genitive | caurad | caurad | cauradN |
Dative | cauraidL | caurtaib | caurtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
caur | chaur | caur 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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kawaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
- Strachan, John, ed. (1944), Stories from the Táin. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
Scots
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Scottish Gaelic ceàrr (“wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray; left”), from Old Irish cerr (“crooked, wry, maimed”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcaur (not comparable)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- caur-haundit (“left-handed”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaur (plural caurs)
Derived terms
edit- motorcaur (“motorcar”)
- tramcaur (“tramcar”)
- (Ulster) trottle-caur (“a low vehicle for moving hay”)
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcaur
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