"cara" meaning in Irish

See cara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑɾˠə/ [Aran, Munster], /ˈkaɾˠə/ [Connemara, Mayo, Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Scottish Gaelic caraid, Manx carrey), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*keh₂-}}, {{inh|ga|mga|cara|t=friend, relation}} Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”), {{cog|gd|caraid}} Scottish Gaelic caraid, {{cog|gv|carrey}} Manx carrey, {{inh|ga|sga|carae|t=friend, relation}} Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*karants|t=friend}} Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*kéh₂ros|t=dear}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear”), {{cog|la|cārus}} Latin cārus, {{cog|en|charity}} English charity, {{m|en|whore}} whore Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|carad|||||||nominative plural|cairde|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cara m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde), {{ga-noun|m|carad|cairde}} cara m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m5|c|ara|arad|airde|dat=araid|datoc=a}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: carad [genitive, singular], cairde [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cara [indefinite, nominative, singular], cairde [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chara [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chairde [indefinite, plural, vocative], carad [genitive, indefinite, singular], cairde [genitive, indefinite, plural], cara [dative, indefinite, singular], caraid [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], cairde [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cara [definite, nominative, singular], na cairde [definite, nominative, plural], an charad [definite, genitive, singular], na gcairde [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcara [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcaraid [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don chara [dative, definite, singular], don charaid [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na cairde [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cara [mutation, mutation-radical], chara [lenition, mutation], gcara [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. friend Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: caraid [Cois-Fharraige] Derived forms: anamchara, banchara, cairdeach, cairdiúil, cara as Críost, cara cnis, neaschara
    Sense id: en-cara-ga-noun-zeSFN8os Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Aran",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "an cara",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcairde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leis an gcara",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "leis an gcaraid",
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        "dialectal",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don charaid",
      "source": "declension",
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        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cairde",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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      "form": "gcara",
      "source": "mutation",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
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        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂-",
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        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɾˠə/",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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