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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
caraid
- (archaic, dialectal) inflection of cara:
- dative singular
- nominative plural
Noun
caraid m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde)
- (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of cara (“friend”)
Declension
Mutation
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caraid
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charaid
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gcaraid
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *karāyeti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation
Verb
caraid (conjunct ·cara, verbal noun serc or carthain)
- to love
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23d10
- nob·carad glosses uos desiderabat
- 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. 56b31
Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch⟨í⟩all les isindí as emulari in sin.- Though another may possess what you may desire and you may however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.
- 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. 56b39
Ad·n‑amraigther .i. no·n‑étaigther .i. ad·cosnae són nó no·carae- that you sg may admire, i.e. that you may emulate i.e. that you may strive after or love
Inflection
Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a future, a subjunctive
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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caraid
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charaid
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caraid pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 481
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-rós Scottish Gaelic caraid
From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Irish cara, Manx carrey), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂-ro-s (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kʰaɾɪtʲ/
Noun
caraid m (genitive singular caraid, plural càirdean or caraidean)
- (male) friend
- Bu tu fhèin an caraid is cha b’ e sin a h-uile caraid. ― You’re an extraordinary friend.
- Cha chall na gheibh caraid. ― It is no loss what a friend gains.
- Is e an caraid caraid na crùthaig. ― A friend (to one) in need is a friend indeed.
- relative, cousin
Usage notes
- The vocative form is used when addressing people in correspondence:
- “A Charaid, ...” ― “Dear Sir, ...”
- “A Chàirdean, ...” ― “Dear Sirs, ...”
- “A Sheumais, a charaid, ...” ― “Dear James, ...”
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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caraid |
charaid
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “caraid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN