caru
Asturian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cārus.
Adjective
caru m sg (feminine singular cara, neuter singular caro, masculine plural caros, feminine plural cares)
Antonyms
Latvian
Noun
caru m
- (deprecated template usage) accusative singular form of cars
- (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular form of cars
- (deprecated template usage) genitive plural form of cars
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *karō. Cognate with Old Saxon kara, Old High German kara, Old Norse kǫr (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara).
Pronunciation
Noun
caru f
- worry, anxiety
- sorrow, grief, sadness
- cargāst ― spirit of sorrow, anxiety
- cargealdor ― sorrowful song, lamentation
- carsīþ ― sorrowful journey
Usage notes
The declension table below shows the inherited forms of caru, with a-restoration before back vowels and palatalization and palatal diphthongization before front vowels. This distinction was often leveled in both directions, giving alternative forms such as nom. sg. ċearu and dat. sg. care.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: care
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *karɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
caru (first-person singular present caraf)
- (transitive) to love, like
Conjugation
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | caraf | ceri | câr, cara | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carant | cerir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
carwn | carit | carai | carem | carech | carent | cerid | |
preterite | cerais | ceraist | carodd | carasom | carasoch | carasant | carwyd | |
pluperfect | caraswn | carasit | carasai | carasem | carasech | carasent | carasid, caresid | |
present subjunctive | carwyf | cerych | caro | carom | caroch | caront | carer | |
imperative | — | cara | cared | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carent | carer | |
verbal noun | caru | |||||||
verbal adjectives | caredig caradwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cara i, caraf i | cari di | carith o/e/hi, cariff e/hi | carwn ni | carwch chi | caran nhw |
conditional | carwn i, carswn i | caret ti, carset ti | carai fo/fe/hi, carsai fo/fe/hi | caren ni, carsen ni | carech chi, carsech chi | caren nhw, carsen nhw |
preterite | carais i, cares i | caraist ti, carest ti | carodd o/e/hi | caron ni | caroch chi | caron nhw |
imperative | — | cara | — | — | carwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Related terms
- cariad m (“love, charity, affection; beloved (one); lover, sweetheart, darling”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
caru | garu | ngharu | charu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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