cauru

Latvian

Adjective

cauru

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯ru/

Noun

cauru f (genitive caírech, nominative plural caírig)

1. sheep

Inflection

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

• caírchuide

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cáera
  • Irish: caora
  • Manx: keyrrey
  • Scottish Gaelic: caora

Mutation

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáera”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 319.2b, page 203