Inherited from Latin quadrum (“square”). Compare the borrowed doublets quadre and quadro.
caire m (plural caires)
From Old Occitan , inherited from Latin quadrum.
caire m (plural caires)
From Old Occitan cayre, from Latin cadere. Medieval Occitan also had cazer, chazer, from a Late Latin variant cadēre.[1]
caire
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | caire | aver casent | |||||
gerund | èsser casut | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | casent | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | casi | cases | cai | casèm | casètz | cason | |
imperfect | casiái | casiás | casiá | casiam | casiatz | casián | |
preterite | cairai | cairàs | cairà | cairem | cairetz | cairàn | |
future | casèri | casères | casèt | casèrem | casèretz | casèron | |
conditional | cairiái | cairiás | cairiá | cairiam | cairiatz | cairián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | |||||||
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | casa | casas | casa | casam | casatz | casan | |
imperfect | casèsse | casèsses | casèsse | casèssem | casèssetz | casèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cai | casam | casètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
From Proto-Celtic *kariyā. Compare Welsh caredd.
caire f
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | caireL | cairiL | cairi |
Vocative | caireL | cairiL | cairi |
Accusative | cairiN | cairiL | cairi |
Genitive | caire | caireL | caireN |
Dative | cairiL | cairib | cairib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
caire | chaire | caire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |