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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂-ró-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire”) + *-rós.[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Italic *kāros (“dear”), Latvian kārs (“lustful, desirous”), Proto-Germanic *hōraz (“adulterer”).
Adjective
*karos[1][2]
- desired, loved
- loving
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karos
|
*karou
|
*karoi
|
| vocative
|
*kare
|
*karou
|
*karoi
|
| accusative
|
*karom
|
*karou
|
*karons
|
| genitive
|
*karī
|
*karous
|
*karom
|
| dative
|
*karūi
|
*karobom
|
*karobos
|
| instrumental
|
*karū
|
*karobim
|
*karobis
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| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karā
|
*karai
|
*karās
|
| vocative
|
*karā
|
*karai
|
*karās
|
| accusative
|
*karam
|
*karai
|
*karans
|
| genitive
|
*karās
|
*karous
|
*karom
|
| dative
|
*karai
|
*karābom
|
*karābos
|
| instrumental
|
*?
|
*karābim
|
*karābis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karom
|
*karou
|
*karā
|
| vocative
|
*karom
|
*karou
|
*karā
|
| accusative
|
*karom
|
*karou
|
*karā
|
| genitive
|
*karī
|
*karous
|
*karom
|
| dative
|
*karūi
|
*karobom
|
*karobos
|
| instrumental
|
*karū
|
*karobim
|
*karobis
|
| Declension of the comparative
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karyūs
|
*?
|
*karyoses
|
| vocative
|
*karyūs
|
*?
|
*karyoses
|
| accusative
|
*karyosam
|
*?
|
*karyosans
|
| genitive
|
*karisos
|
*?
|
*karisom
|
| dative
|
*karisei
|
*?
|
*karisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*karisī
|
*?
|
*karisbis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karyūs
|
*?
|
*karyoses
|
| vocative
|
*karyūs
|
*?
|
*karyoses
|
| accusative
|
*karyosam
|
*?
|
*karyosans
|
| genitive
|
*karisos
|
*?
|
*karisom
|
| dative
|
*karisei
|
*?
|
*karisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*karisī
|
*?
|
*karisbis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*karis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| vocative
|
*karis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| accusative
|
*karis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*karisos
|
*?
|
*karisom
|
| dative
|
*karisei
|
*?
|
*karisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*karisī
|
*?
|
*karisbis
|
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191: “*karo- ‘dear, beloved’ < PIE *kh₂-ro-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 134-135: “*kā̆ro-; *kh₂-ro-; *keh₂-ro-”
