cair

See also: CAIR

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

Verb

cair (third-person singular simple present cairs, present participle cairing, simple past and past participle caired)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To carry.
3. (transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

Etymology 2

Noun

cair (plural cairs)

1. Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”)

Anagrams

• ACIR, AICR, Acri, CIRA, CRIA, Cira, Crai, arci, cria

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɪr]

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ir

Adjective

cair

1. liquid: flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

   Synonym: likuid

2. thin: of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

   Synonym: encer

   Antonym: kental

3. (figurative) fluid: convertible into cash.
4. (figurative) leaked: of a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.

   Synonym: bocor

5. (figurative) weak

   Synonym: lemah

Derived terms

• cairan
• cecairan
• kecairan
• mencair
• mencairkan
• pencairan

 

Related terms

• air

 

Further reading

• “cair” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃair/
• Rhymes: -ir

Adjective

cair (Jawi spelling چاءير)

1. liquid: flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
2. thin: of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

   Antonym: kental

3. (figurative) fluid: convertible into cash.
4. (figurative) leaked: of a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.

   Synonym: bocor

5. (figurative) weak

   Synonym: lemah

Derived terms

• cairan
• cecair
• dicairkan
• kecairan
• mencair
• mencairkan
• pencair
• pencairan

 

Related terms

• air

 

Further reading

• “cair” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cóir, from Old Irish coaïr, cóir.

Adjective

cair

1. just, right
2. due

Noun

cair f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. property
2. rights, privilege

Derived terms

• neuchairagh
• neuchairys

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cair	chair	gair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cahir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre, from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”). Cognate with Galician caer and Spanish caer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [kaˈi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [kaˈi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [kaˈi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈi.ɾi/

• Homophone: caí (Brazil, only with a dropped -r)
• Hyphenation: ca‧ir

Verb

cair (first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop

   A maçã caiu. ― The apple fell.

2. (transitive with de) to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)

   O livro caiu da mesa. ― The book fell from the table.

   A maçã caiu do galho. ― The apple fell from the branch.

3. (figurative, intransitive) to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)

   O novo governo logo cairá. ― The new government will fall soon.

4. (with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive, or transitive with com or em) to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)

   Um vestido preto cairia bem nela. ― A black dress would suit her well.

   Um vinhozinho cai bem. ― Some wine would be nice.

5. (intransitive, with the adverb bem or mal, of food) to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)

   Essa pizza podre me caiu mal. ― This rotten pizza didn’t go down well.

6. (intransitive) to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)

   Espero que o preço dos livros caia. ― I hope that the price of the books falls.

7. (intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)

   Caiu a ligação. ― The connection dropped.

8. (euphemistic, intransitive) to fall (to die in battle)

   Muitos dos nossos soldados caíram naquela guerra. ― Many of our soldiers fell in that war.

9. (of a subject or question, intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present in a test

   Caiu uma pergunta sobre a revolução. ― There was a question about the revolution.

   Eu não tinha estudado nada do que caiu na prova. ― I hadn’t studied anything that was in the test.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cair (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cair
Personal	cair	caíres	cair	cairmos	cairdes	caírem
Gerund
	caindo
Past participle
Masculine	caído			caídos
Feminine	caída			caídas
Indicative
Present	caio	cais	cai	caímos	caís	caem
Imperfect	caía	caías	caía	caíamos	caíeis	caíam
Preterite	caí	caíste	caiu	caímos	caístes	caíram
Pluperfect	caíra	caíras	caíra	caíramos	caíreis	caíram
Future	cairei	cairás	cairá	cairemos	caireis	cairão
Conditional	cairia	cairias	cairia	cairíamos	cairíeis	cairiam
Subjunctive
Present	caia	caias	caia	caiamos	caiais	caiam
Imperfect	caísse	caísses	caísse	caíssemos	caísseis	caíssem
Future	cair	caíres	cair	cairmos	cairdes	caírem
Imperative
Affirmative		cai	caia	caiamos	caí	caiam
Negative (não)		não caias	não caia	não caiamos	não caiais	não caiam

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• esquecer
• queda