caur

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From the adverb cauri, from the same stem as the adjective caurs (having a hole) (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tsāūɾ]
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

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caur (with accusative)

  1. through (indicating movement through something else)
    jāt caur mežuto ride through the forest
    līst caur žoguto sneak through the fence
    saule iespīdēja caur loguthe sun shone through the window
    elpot caur degunu, caur mutito breathe through the nose, through the mouth
  2. through (simultaneously with, alternating with)
    smaidīt caur asāramto smile through the tears
    viņi runāja cits caur cituthey talked through each other (= at the same time)
  3. through, via (with someone's help or participation)
    saņemt ziņas caur tēvuto receive news through / via (one's) father

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “caurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kawaros, cognate with the Germanic tribal name Charudes.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caur m (genitive caurad, nominative plural cauraid)

  1. 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.

Declension

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Masculine t-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: cur
    • Irish: curadh

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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Scots

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ceàrr (wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray; left), from Old Irish cerr (crooked, wry, maimed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
  • (Northern Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr], [keːr], [kɛr]

Adjective

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caur (not comparable)

  1. left, left-handed
  2. awkward
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (four-wheeled baggage wagon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
  • (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr]

Noun

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caur (plural caurs)

  1. car
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
  • (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr]

Noun

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caur

  1. plural of cauf