cauru

Latvian

Adjective

cauru

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular masculine form of caurs
2. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular masculine form of caurs
3. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural masculine form of caurs
4. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular feminine form of caurs
5. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular feminine form of caurs
6. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural feminine form of caurs

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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