From Middle Breton carat (recorded in the Catholicon), from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Cognate with Cornish kara and Welsh caru.
karout
Personal forms | |||||||
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Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
1s | karan | karen | karis | karin | karfen | karjen | - |
2s | karez | kares | karjout | kari | karfes | karjes | kar |
3s | kar | kare | karas | karo | karfe | karje | karet |
1p | karomp | karemp | karjomp | karimp | karfemp | karjemp | karomp |
2p | karit | karec'h | karjoc'h | karot | karfec'h | karjec'h | karit |
3p | karont | karent | karjont | karint | karfent | karjent | karent |
0 | karer | kared | karjod | karor | karfed | karjed | - |
Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
Infinitive | karout, karañ | Soft mutation after a | a gar- | ||||
Present participle | o karout | Mixed mutation after e | e kar- | ||||
Past participle | karet (auxiliary verb: kaout) | Soft mutation after ne/na | ne/na gar- |