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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
cārae
- inflection of cārus:
- genitive/dative feminine singular
- nominative/vocative feminine plural
Old Irish
Pronunciation
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.
- relative, kinsman
Inflection
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Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
(·)carae
- second-person singular present subjunctive absolute/conjunct of caraid
Mutation
Mutation of carae
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pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.