cár
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"
Hungarian
Etymology
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), ultimately from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
Noun
cár (plural cárok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cár | cárok |
| accusative | cárt | cárokat |
| dative | cárnak | cároknak |
| instrumental | cárral | cárokkal |
| causal-final | cárért | cárokért |
| translative | cárrá | cárokká |
| terminative | cárig | cárokig |
| essive-formal | cárként | cárokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cárban | cárokban |
| superessive | cáron | cárokon |
| adessive | cárnál | cároknál |
| illative | cárba | cárokba |
| sublative | cárra | cárokra |
| allative | cárhoz | cárokhoz |
| elative | cárból | cárokból |
| delative | cárról | cárokról |
| ablative | cártól | cároktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cáré | cároké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cáréi | cárokéi |
| Possessive forms of cár | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cárom | cárjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | cárod | cárjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | cárja | cárjai |
| 1st person plural | cárunk | cárjaink |
| 2nd person plural | cárotok | cárjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | cárjuk | cárjaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Related terms
Further reading
- cár in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- cár in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
cár m (genitive singular cáir or cárach)
Declension
Declension of cár
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cáraí m (“grinner, grimacer”)
Etymology 2
Adverb
cár
- where
- Cár chodail tú aréir? ― Where did you sleep last night?
- Cár chuala tú é sin? ― Where did you hear that?
Usage notes
Used only with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs. Triggers lenition of a following consonant.
Particle
cár (copular form used before a consonant, present/future form used before a vowel cárb, past/conditional form used before a vowel cárbh)
- where is..., what is...
- Cár locht ortsa é? ― What fault is it of yours?
- where was/would be..., what was/would be
- Cár thairbhe domsa é? ― What would it profit me?
- Cár chás má dúirt sé é? ― What would it matter if he said it?
Related terms
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
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Compound copular forms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cár | chár | gcár |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Russian царь (carʹ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
Noun
cár m pers (female equivalent cárovná)
Declension
Declension of cár
Derived terms
See also
- cisár n
References
- “cár”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024