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Latvian
Adjective
cauru
- inflection of caurs:
- accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
- genitive plural masculine/feminine
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs.
Pronunciation
Noun
cauru f (genitive caírech, nominative plural caírig)
- sheep
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Lenition |
Nasalization
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cauru
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chauru
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cauru 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), “cáera”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 319.2b, page 203