caru

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Adjective

caru m sg (feminine singular cara, neuter singular caro, masculine plural caros, feminine plural cares)

  1. expensive

Antonyms

Latvian

Noun

caru m

  1. accusative singular form of cars
  2. instrumental singular form of cars
  3. genitive plural form of cars

Old English

Noun

caru f

  1. Alternative spelling of cearu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *karɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

Verb

caru (first-person singular present caraf)

  1. (transitive) to love, like

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future caraf ceri câr, cara carwn cerwch, carwch carant cerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 carwn carit carai carem carech carent cerid
preterite cerais ceraist carodd carasom carasoch carasant carwyd
pluperfect caraswn carasit carasai carasem carasech carasent carasid, caresid
present subjunctive carwyf cerych caro carom caroch caront carer
imperative — cara cared carwn cerwch, carwch carent carer
verbal noun caru
verbal adjectives caredig
caradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cara i, caraf i cari di carith o/e/hi, cariff e/hi carwn ni carwch chi caran nhw
conditional carwn i, carswn i caret ti, carset ti carai fo/fe/hi, carsai fo/fe/hi caren ni, carsen ni carech chi, carsech chi caren nhw, carsen nhw
preterite carais i, cares i caraist ti, carest ti carodd o/e/hi caron ni caroch chi caron nhw
imperative — cara — — carwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • cariad m (“love, charity, affection; beloved (one); lover, sweetheart, darling”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
caru garu ngharu charu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “caru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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