carae
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.rae̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.re]
Adjective
cārae
- inflection of cārus:
- genitive/dative feminine singular
- nominative/vocative feminine plural
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkarɘ]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *karants.
Noun
carae m (genitive carat, nominative plural carait)
- friend
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d1
- Fu·lilsain-se .i. matis mu námait duda·gnetis ⁊ maniptis mu chara⟨i⟩t duda·gnetis.
- I would have endured, i.e. if it had been my enemies who did them and if it had not been my friends who did them.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d1
- relative, kinsman
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | carae | caraitL | carait |
| vocative | carae | caraitL | cairdea |
| accusative | caraitN | caraitL | cairdea |
| genitive | carat | caratL | caratN |
| dative | caraitL | cairdib | cairdib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
Verb
(·)carae
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| carae | charae | carae pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.