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caru
caru
Asturian
Etymology
Adjective
caru m sg (feminine singular cara, neuter singular caro, masculine plural caros, feminine plural cares)
Antonyms
Latvian
Noun
caru m
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/
Verb
caru (stem car-)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | caraf | ceri | câr, cara | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carant | cerir | |
| imperfect/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 | |
| subjunctive | carwyf | cerych | caro | carom | caroch | caront | carer | |
| imperative | — | cara | cared | carwn | cerwch, carwch | carent | carer | |
| verbal noun | caru | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | caredig caradwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
References
- “caru” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.