caire

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin quadrum (square). Compare the borrowed doublets quadre and quadro.

Pronunciation

Noun

caire m (plural caires)

  1. corner of a polygon or polyhedron
  2. look, aspect, appearance
  3. (archaic) regular tetragon, square

Derived terms

Further reading

Occitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan , inherited from Latin quadrum.

Noun

caire m (plural caires)

  1. corner
  2. side; edge

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan cayre, from Latin cadere. Medieval Occitan also had cazer, chazer, from a Late Latin variant cadēre.[1]

Alternative forms

Verb

caire

  1. to fall
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈkad-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kariyā. Compare Welsh caredd.

Pronunciation

Noun

caire f

  1. crime, sin
  2. fault, reproach

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • 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. 49c9
    Con·aicelt ⁊ do·rolaig in peccad ⁊ ní n‑árraim ar chairi dó.
    He has concealed and forgiven the sin and he has not considered it a reproach to him.

Descendants

  • Irish: coir
  • Scottish Gaelic: coire

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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.